Where does “សីលវិជ្ជា” come from?
សីលវិជ្ជា (Khmer) comes from Khmer វិជ្ជា, from Pali vijjā, from Sanskrit विद्या, from Sanskrit शास्त्र, from Proto-Indo-Aryan śāstra.
សីលវិជ្ជា (Khmer): ethics
Ancestry of “សីលវិជ្ជា”, step by step
សីលវិជ្ជា traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer វិជ្ជា
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Khmer | វិជ្ជា | knowledge; science |
| 2 | Pali | vijjā | higher knowledge, science |
| 3 | Sanskrit | विद्या | knowledge, wisdom; science, philosophy; an... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | शास्त्र | shastra, scripture; science, knowledge |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | śāstra | — |
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 |