Where does “អគ្គិភ័យ” come from?

អគ្គិភ័យ (Khmer) comes from Khmer អគ្គិ, from Pali aggi, from Sanskrit अग्नि, from Proto-Indo-Aryan Hagníṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hagníš, from Proto-Indo-European h₁n̥gʷnis, from Proto-Indo-European h₁engʷ- — to burn; fire.

អគ្គិភ័យ (Khmer): fire disaster

Definitions

  1. fire disaster

Ancestry of “អគ្គិភ័យ”, step by step

អគ្គិភ័យ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer អគ្គិ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerអគ្គិfire
2Paliaggifire
3Sanskritअग्निfire, sacrificial fire; the number three; the...
4Proto-Indo-AryanHagníṣfire; Agni
5Proto-Indo-IranianHagníšfire
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁n̥gʷnisfire
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁engʷ-to burn; fire

via Khmer ភ័យ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerភ័យfear, fright
2Palibhāyafear, fright
3Sanskritभयfear, alarm, dread; terror, dismay, danger,...
4Proto-Indo-Iranian*bʰayHás—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyh₂-to fear, be afraid; to strike, hit; to hew, cut
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁engʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁n̥gʷnis →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hagníš →