Where does “យុវវ័យ” come from?
យុវវ័យ (Khmer) comes from Khmer យុវៈ, from Turkish yuva, from Ottoman Turkish یوا, from Proto-Turkic uya, from Middle Chinese 窩.
យុវវ័យ (Khmer): youth
Ancestry of “យុវវ័យ”, step by step
យុវវ័យ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer យុវៈ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Khmer | យុវៈ | used mainly in composition to be young, youthful |
| 2 | Turkish | yuva | nest; home; lair |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | یوا | nest, a structure built by birds as a place to incubate eggs |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | uya | nest; place inhabited by an animal |
| 5 | Middle Chinese | 窩 | — |
via Khmer វ័យ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Khmer | វ័យ | age, age period |
| 2 | Pali | vaya | — |
| 3 | Sanskrit | वयस् | age |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *wáyHas | — |