Where does “មិថុន” come from?

មិថុន (Khmer) comes from Pali mithuna, from Sanskrit मिथुन, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

មិថុន (Khmer): couple (husband and wife)

Definitions

  1. couple (husband and wife)

Ancestry of “មិថុន”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palimithunaa pair of a male and a female
2Sanskritमिथुनpaired, forming a pair; a pair; pairing,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- →Every word from Sanskrit मिथुन →Every word from Pali mithuna →
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