Where does “យន្តយាន” come from?

យន្តយាន (Khmer) comes from Khmer យាន, from Sanskrit यान, from Proto-Indo-Aryan yáHnam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian yáHnam, from Proto-Indo-European yéh₂-nom, from Proto-Indo-European yeh₂- — to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel.

យន្តយាន (Khmer): vehicle

Definitions

  1. vehicle

Ancestry of “យន្តយាន”, step by step

យន្តយាន traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer យាន

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerយានvehicle; conveyance
2Sanskritयानcarriage, vehicle, mode of transport; moving,...
3Proto-Indo-AryanyáHnam—
4Proto-Indo-IranianyáHnam—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyéh₂-nom—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₂-to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel

via Khmer យន្ត

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerយន្តdevice, mechanism, machine, engine; a magical...
2Paliyantapresent active participle of yāti; machine; means...
3Sanskritयन्त्रany instrument for holding or restraining or...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yéh₂-nom →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian yáHnam →