Where does “សាន្ត” come from?

សាន្ត (Khmer) comes from Pali santa, from Sanskrit शान्त, from Sanskrit -त, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -tás, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

សាន្ត (Khmer): to be peaceful, quiet, calm, serene

Definitions

  1. to be peaceful, quiet, calm, serene

Ancestry of “សាន្ត”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palisantapresent active participle of atthi; true; good
2Sanskritशान्तabated, subsided, ceased, stopped, extinguished, averted
3Sanskrit-त-ed
4Proto-Indo-Iranian-tásCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →Every word from Sanskrit -त →Every word from Sanskrit शान्त →