Where does “មជ្ជ” come from?

មជ្ជ (Khmer) comes from Pali majja, from Sanskrit मद्य, from Sanskrit -य, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

មជ្ជ (Khmer): alcohol; liquor

Definitions

  1. alcohol; liquor

Ancestry of “មជ្ជ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palimajjaintoxicant
2Sanskritमद्यintoxicating, exhilarating, gladdening, lovely;...
3Sanskrit-यsuffix denoting state or origin
4Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Sanskrit -य →Every word from Sanskrit मद्य →