Where does “សមានកម្ម” come from?
សមានកម្ម (Khmer) comes from Khmer សមាន, from Pali samāna, from Sanskrit समान, from Sanskrit मान, from Sanskrit मा, from Proto-Iranian máH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian maH, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁ — prohibitive particle.
សមានកម្ម (Khmer): assimilation
Definitions
- assimilation
Ancestry of “សមានកម្ម”, step by step
សមានកម្ម traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer សមាន
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | សមាន | to be equal, even, similar |
| 2 | Pali | samāna | samana, sramana, a person who has abandoned society and property for religious reasons but does not follow the Vedas |
| 3 | Sanskrit | समान | One of the five vital airs; same, identical,... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | मान | opinion; notion; conception; idea |
| 5 | Sanskrit | मा | don't; accusative singular of अहम्; to sound,... |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | máH | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | maH | do not; prohibitive particle |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₁ | prohibitive particle |
via Khmer កម្ម
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | កម្ម | action, act, deed, manual work; activity; karma |
| 2 | Pali | kamma | doing, deed, action; work, occupation; karma |
| 3 | Sanskrit | कर्मन् | act, action, performance, business; office,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | kárma | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | kárma | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷer- | to do; to make; to build |