Where does “អគ្គនាយក” come from?
អគ្គនាយក (Khmer) comes from Khmer អគ្គ, from Pali agga, from Sanskrit अग्र, from Sanskrit अङ्ग्, from Sanskrit इङ्ग् — to agitate.
អគ្គនាយក (Khmer): director general, managing director
Definitions
- director general, managing director
Ancestry of “អគ្គនាយក”, step by step
អគ្គនាយក traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer អគ្គ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Khmer | អគ្គ | first, foremost, best, topmost, chief; older; upper; of high rank, noble, supreme |
| 2 | Pali | agga | highest; top-most |
| 3 | Sanskrit | अग्र | foremost, anterior, first, prominent, projecting,... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | अङ्ग् | to go |
| 5 | Sanskrit | इङ्ग् | to agitate |
via Khmer នាយក
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Khmer | នាយក | chief; leader; commissioner; director; chairman; boss; manager |
| 2 | Pali | nāyaka | leader, master |
| 3 | Sanskrit | नायक | guide, leader; chief; lord; master; etc; leader,... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | नी | to guide, govern, direct |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | neyH- | to lead |