Where does “សីលធម៌” come from?
សីលធម៌ (Khmer) comes from Khmer សីល, from Pali sīla, from Sanskrit शील, from Sanskrit शी, from Proto-Indo-European ḱey- — to be lying down; to settle.
សីលធម៌ (Khmer): ethics, morals, virtue, morality, precepts of righteousness
Definitions
- ethics, morals, virtue, morality, precepts of righteousness
Ancestry of “សីលធម៌”, step by step
សីលធម៌ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer សីល
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Khmer | សីល | precept, moral practice/conduct/principle(s), virtue |
| 2 | Pali | sīla | nature; habit |
| 3 | Sanskrit | शील | conduct, disposition, nature, tendency; custom,... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | शी | to lie down |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱey- | to be lying down; to settle |
via Khmer ធម៌
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ធម៌ | behaviour; character; dharma |
| 2 | Sanskrit | धर्म | morality, virtue, moral code, good deed, good... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | dʰármas | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰer- | to support; to hold |