Where does “វ័យក្មេង” come from?

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

វ័យក្មេង (Khmer): childhood

Definitions

  1. childhood

Ancestry of “វ័យក្មេង”, step by step

វ័យក្មេង traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer វ័យ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerវ័យage, age period
2Palivaya—
3Sanskritवयस्age
4Proto-Indo-Iranian*wáyHas—

via Khmer ក្មេង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerក្មេងchild; youngster; young
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáyHas →Every word from Sanskrit वयस् →Every word from Pali vaya →