Where does “រតិកម្ម” come from?
រតិកម្ម (Khmer) comes from Khmer រតិ, from English Rati, from Swedish råd, from English raid, from Scots raid, from Middle English rade, from Old English rād, from Proto-West Germanic raidu — to fit, to fix, to put together.
រតិកម្ម (Khmer): sexual intercourse
Definitions
- sexual intercourse
Ancestry of “រតិកម្ម”, step by step
រតិកម្ម traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer រតិ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | រតិ | pleasure; joy; passion; sexual desire; lust |
| 2 | English | Rati | The Hindu goddess of love, passion and sexual pleasure |
| 3 | Swedish | råd | a piece of advice, counsel; a means; money; a... |
| 4 | English | raid | A quick hostile or predatory incursion or... |
| 5 | Scots | raid | raid |
| 6 | Middle English | rade | quick, fast, speedy; rash, hasty, angry; eager |
| 7 | Old English | rād | road; riding, hostile incursion; riding, road |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | raidu | riding, ride |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | raidō | ride, journey; name of the R-rune |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | rīdaną | to ride |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via Khmer កម្ម
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | កម្ម | action, act, deed, manual work; activity; karma |
| 2 | Pali | kamma | doing, deed, action; work, occupation; karma |
| 3 | Sanskrit | कर्मन् | act, action, performance, business; office,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | kárma | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | kárma | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷer- | to do; to make; to build |