Where does “យុគលពិន្ទុ” come from?

យុគលពិន្ទុ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ពិន្ទុ, from Pali bindu, from Sanskrit बिन्दु, from Proto-Indo-Aryan bindúṣ — particle, globule, dot.

យុគលពិន្ទុ (Khmer): "two dots"

Definitions

  1. "two dots"

Ancestry of “យុគលពិន្ទុ”, step by step

យុគលពិន្ទុ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ពិន្ទុ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerពិន្ទុmark; period, dot
2Palibindudrop
3Sanskritबिन्दुa detached particle, drop, globule, dot, spot; a...
4Proto-Indo-Aryanbindúṣparticle, globule, dot

via Khmer យុគល

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerយុគលpair; couple
2Paliyugala—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan bindúṣ →Every word from Sanskrit बिन्दु →Every word from Pali bindu →