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

  1. free; disobedient; done without permission

Ancestry of “សេរី”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Paliserinindependent
2Sanskritस्वैरिन्free, independent
3Sanskritस्वैर—
4Sanskritस्वhis/her own; of self; one's self
5Proto-Indo-Aryanswá—
6Proto-Indo-Iranianswáself; reflexive pronoun
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswéself

Words derived from “សេរី”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swé →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian swá →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan swá →