Where does “សាធារណជន” come from?
សាធារណជន (Khmer) comes from Khmer សាធារណៈ, from Pali sādhāraṇa, from Sanskrit साधारण, from Sanskrit स-, from Proto-Indo-Aryan *sa-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian sa-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
សាធារណជន (Khmer): public (people)
Definitions
- public (people)
Ancestry of “សាធារណជន”, step by step
សាធារណជន traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer សាធារណៈ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | សាធារណៈ | to be public, common, communal |
| 2 | Pali | sādhāraṇa | general; common |
| 3 | Sanskrit | साधारण | common, ordinary; "having or resting on the same... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | स- | with |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | *sa- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | sa- | together, co- |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |
via Khmer ជន
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ជន | people, person, being, human being; hoop-net |
| 2 | Pali | jana | person; man; people |
| 3 | Sanskrit | जन | generating; person, human being, human; race,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | ȷ́ánHas | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ȷ́ánHas | race, group of people |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵónh₁os | birth; offspring |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |