Where does “អង្គសេចក្តី” come from?
អង្គសេចក្តី (Khmer) comes from Khmer អង្គ, from Pali aṅga, from Sanskrit अङ्ग, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eng- — curve, bend.
អង្គសេចក្តី (Khmer): topic, theme
Definitions
- topic, theme
Ancestry of “អង្គសេចក្តី”, step by step
អង្គសេចក្តី traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer អង្គ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | អង្គ | body, torso, trunk; corpse |
| 2 | Pali | aṅga | member, body part |
| 3 | Sanskrit | अङ्ग | a limb of the body; a limb, member; the body |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eng- | curve, bend |
via Khmer សេចក្តី
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | សេចក្តី | subject, text, meaning, connotation, thought, concept, idea, sense (general idea of a text), contents (of a book), story |