Where does “វាក្យសព្ទ” come from?

វាក្យសព្ទ (Khmer) comes from Khmer សព្ទ, from Sanskrit शब्द, from Finnish sadas, from Proto-Finnic sadac, from Proto-Slavic *sǫdakъ — zander; any fish of the genus Sander.

វាក្យសព្ទ (Khmer): vocabulary, glossary

Definitions

  1. vocabulary, glossary

Ancestry of “វាក្យសព្ទ”, step by step

វាក្យសព្ទ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer សព្ទ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerសព្ទsound, noise
2Sanskritशब्दsound, noise, voice, tone, note; a word
3Finnishsadashundredth; Second-person singular imperative...
4Proto-Finnicsadachundredth
5Proto-Slavic*sǫdakъzander; any fish of the genus Sander

via Khmer វាក្យ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerវាក្យused only in compounds word; speech; sentence
2Sanskritवाक्यspeech, saying, assertion, statement, command,...
3Sanskritवच्to speak, utter, say
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
Every word from Proto-Slavic *sǫdakъ →Every word from Proto-Finnic sadac →Every word from Finnish sadas →