Where does “មិត្តភក្តិ” come from?

មិត្តភក្តិ (Khmer) comes from Khmer មិត្ត, from Pali mitta, from Sanskrit मित्र, from Proto-Indo-Aryan mitrás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mitrás, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

មិត្តភក្តិ (Khmer): friend

Definitions

  1. friend

Ancestry of “មិត្តភក្តិ”, step by step

មិត្តភក្តិ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer មិត្ត

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerមិត្តfriend; comrade
2Palimittafriend; friendship
3Sanskritमित्रa friend, companion, associate; the sun;...
4Proto-Indo-Aryanmitrásfriend
5Proto-Indo-Iranianmitráscovenant; treaty; agreement
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

via Khmer ភក្តី

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerភក្តីdevotion; loyalty
2Sanskritभक्तिdistribution, partition, separation; division,...
3Sanskrit-ति-ness
4Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian mitrás →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan mitrás →