Where does “ភាសាវិទូ” come from?

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

ភាសាវិទូ (Khmer): linguist

Definitions

  1. linguist

Ancestry of “ភាសាវិទូ”, step by step

ភាសាវិទូ 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 វិទូ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerវិទូwise, intelligent, scholarly, erudite, skillful;...
2Palividūknowing, wise, skilled in
3Sanskritविदुwise, intelligent
Every word from Sanskrit भाष →Every word from Sanskrit भाषा →Every word from Pali bhāsā →