Where does “សទ្ទតា” come from?

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

សទ្ទតា (Khmer): phoneme

Definitions

  1. phoneme

Ancestry of “សទ្ទតា”, step by step

សទ្ទតា traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer សទ្ទ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerសទ្ទsound, voice, phono
2Palisaddasound, word
3Sanskritशब्दsound, noise, voice, tone, note; a word
4Finnishsadashundredth; Second-person singular imperative...
5Proto-Finnicsadachundredth
6Proto-Slavic*sǫdakъzander; any fish of the genus Sander

via Khmer តា

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerតាgrandfather
Every word from Proto-Slavic *sǫdakъEvery word from Proto-Finnic sadacEvery word from Finnish sadas
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