Where does “អត្ថន័យ” come from?
អត្ថន័យ (Khmer) comes from Khmer អត្ថ, from Pali aṭṭha, from Pali pāna, from Sanskrit प्राण, from Sanskrit प्र-, from Proto-Indo-Aryan pra-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pra-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.
អត្ថន័យ (Khmer): definition, meaning, significance
Definitions
- definition, meaning, significance
Ancestry of “អត្ថន័យ”, step by step
អត្ថន័យ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer អត្ថ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | អត្ថ | meaning, sense, significance; interest; story,... |
| 2 | Pali | aṭṭha | eight |
| 3 | Pali | pāna | drink |
| 4 | Sanskrit | प्राण | breath, respiration, the breath of life,... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | प्र- | forward, before; forward, forth; in front of |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | pra- | forth |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pra- | toward, forward |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |