Where does “ស្វ័យសត្យ” come from?
ស្វ័យសត្យ (Khmer) comes from Khmer សត្យ, from Sanskrit सत्य, from Proto-Indo-Aryan Hsatyám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hsatyás, from Proto-Indo-European h₁s-n̥t-yós, from Proto-Indo-European h₁sónts, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs- — to be.
ស្វ័យសត្យ (Khmer): axiom
Definitions
- axiom
Ancestry of “ស្វ័យសត្យ”, step by step
ស្វ័យសត្យ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer សត្យ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | សត្យ | truth |
| 2 | Sanskrit | सत्य | true, real, actual, genuine; sincere, honest,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | Hsatyám | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hsatyás | true, real; truth |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁s-n̥t-yós | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁sónts | active participle of *h₁ésti; being, existence;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ēs- | to be |