Where does “វ័យ” come from?

វ័យ (Khmer) comes from Pali vaya, from Sanskrit वयस्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáyHas.

វ័យ (Khmer): age, age period

Definitions

  1. age, age period

Ancestry of “វ័យ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palivaya—
2Sanskritवयस्age
3Proto-Indo-Iranian*wáyHas—

Words derived from “វ័យ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáyHas →Every word from Sanskrit वयस् →Every word from Pali vaya →