Where does “រតិគ្រឹះ” come from?
រតិគ្រឹះ (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.
រតិគ្រឹះ (Khmer): house of pleasure; place of entertainment; brothel
Definitions
- house of pleasure; place of entertainment; brothel
Ancestry of “រតិគ្រឹះ”, step by step
រតិគ្រឹះ 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 |