Where does “វាក្យ” come from?

វាក្យ (Khmer) comes from Sanskrit वाक्य, from Sanskrit वच्, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

វាក្យ (Khmer): used only in compounds word; speech; sentence

Definitions

  1. used only in compounds word; speech; sentence

Ancestry of “វាក្យ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritवाक्यspeech, saying, assertion, statement, command,...
2Sanskritवच्to speak, utter, say
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

Words derived from “វាក្យ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Sanskrit वच् →Every word from Sanskrit वाक्य →