Where does “សាលាក្តី” come from?
សាលាក្តី (Khmer) comes from Khmer ក្តី, from Old Khmer ក្តិ, from Sanskrit गति, from Proto-Indo-Iranian gátiš, from Proto-Indo-European gʷḿ̥tis, from Proto-Indo-European gʷémtis, from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- — to step.
សាលាក្តី (Khmer): courthouse
Definitions
- courthouse
Ancestry of “សាលាក្តី”, step by step
សាលាក្តី traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer ក្តី
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ក្តី | affair, case, matter; lawsuit, litigation |
| 2 | Old Khmer | ក្តិ | — |
| 3 | Sanskrit | गति | going, moving, gait, deportment, motion in... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | gátiš | going, motion |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷḿ̥tis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷémtis | step, act of walking |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷem- | to step |