Where does “អប្បិយជំនឿ” come from?

អប្បិយជំនឿ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ជំនឿ, from Khmer ជឿ, from Thai เชื่อ, from Proto-Tai ɟɯəᴮ — to believe.

អប្បិយជំនឿ (Khmer): superstition

Definitions

  1. superstition

Ancestry of “អប្បិយជំនឿ”, step by step

អប្បិយជំនឿ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ជំនឿ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerជំនឿbelief, faith
2Khmerជឿto believe, to trust
3Thaiเชื่อto believe; to rely on; to trust
4Proto-Taiɟɯəᴮto believe

via Khmer អប្បិយ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerអប្បិយ(to be) unfriendly
2Paliappiyaunpleasant; disliked
3Sanskritअप्रियdisagreeable, unpleasant, etc
Every word from Proto-Tai ɟɯəᴮ →Every word from Thai เชื่อ →Every word from Khmer ជឿ →