Where does “សេរី” come from?
សេរី (Khmer) comes from Pali serin, from Sanskrit स्वैरिन्, from Sanskrit स्वैर, from Sanskrit स्व, from Proto-Indo-Aryan swá, from Proto-Indo-Iranian swá, from Proto-Indo-European swé — self.
សេរី (Khmer): free; disobedient; done without permission
Definitions
- free; disobedient; done without permission
Ancestry of “សេរី”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Pali | serin | — |
| 2 | Sanskrit | स्वैरिन् | free, independent |
| 3 | Sanskrit | स्वैर | — |
| 4 | Sanskrit | स्व | his/her own; of self; one's self |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | swá | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | swá | self; reflexive pronoun |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | swé | self |