Where does “សេរីនិយម” come from?

សេរីនិយម (Khmer) comes from Khmer សេរី, 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.

សេរីនិយម (Khmer): liberalism

Definitions

  1. liberalism

Ancestry of “សេរីនិយម”, step by step

សេរីនិយម traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer សេរី

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerសេរីfree; disobedient; done without permission
2Paliserinindependent
3Sanskritस्वैरिन्free, independent
4Sanskritस्वैर—
5Sanskritस्वhis/her own; of self; one's self
6Proto-Indo-Aryanswá—
7Proto-Indo-Iranianswáself; reflexive pronoun
8Proto-Indo-Europeanswéself

via Khmer និយម

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerនិយមprinciple, theory, doctrine, -ism
2Sanskritनियमrestraining, checking, holding back, preventing,...
3Sanskritनि-into; down; without, free of
4Proto-Indo-Iraniannídown, downwards; in, into
5Proto-Indo-Europeannidown
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swé →