Where does “សេរីភាព” come from?

សេរីភាព (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.

សេរីភាព (Khmer): freedom, liberty

Definitions

  1. freedom, liberty

Ancestry of “សេរីភាព”, step by step

សេរីភាព 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 ភាព

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerភាពstate (of affairs), condition, status, state of being, shape, nature, aspect
2Sanskritभावbecoming, being, existing, occurring, appearance;...
3Sanskritभूthe act of becoming or arising; the place of...
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuH-to become, grow, appear

Words derived from “សេរីភាព”

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