Where does “លេនីននិយម” come from?

លេនីននិយម (Khmer) comes from Khmer លេនីន, from French Lénine, from Russian Ле́нин, from Russian -ин, from Old East Slavic -инъ, from Proto-Slavic -inъ, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

លេនីននិយម (Khmer): Leninism

Definitions

  1. Leninism

Ancestry of “លេនីននិយម”, step by step

លេនីននិយម traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer លេនីន

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1KhmerលេនីនVladimir Lenin
2FrenchLénineLenin
3RussianЛе́нинLenin
4Russian-ин-'s
5Old East Slavic-инъ
6Proto-Slavic-inъ-ine; Creates singulatives, mostly with...
7Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
8Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via Khmer និយម

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerនិយមprinciple, theory, doctrine, -ism
2Sanskritनियमrestraining, checking, holding back, preventing,...
3Sanskritनि-into; down; without, free of
4Proto-Indo-Iraniandown, downwards; in, into
5Proto-Indo-Europeannidown
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no-