Where does “ភាសាកំណើត” come from?

ភាសាកំណើត (Khmer) comes from Khmer ភាសា, from Pali bhāsā, from Sanskrit भाषा, from Sanskrit भाष.

ភាសាកំណើត (Khmer): mother language, mother tongue

Definitions

  1. mother language, mother tongue

Ancestry of “ភាសាកំណើត”, step by step

ភាសាកំណើត traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ភាសា

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerភាសាlanguage
2Palibhāsālanguage; dialect
3Sanskritभाषाspeech, language; any Prakrit dialect or a...
4Sanskritभाष

via Khmer កំណើត

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerកំណើតbirth
Every word from Sanskrit भाषEvery word from Sanskrit भाषाEvery word from Pali bhāsā