Where does “អវកាសយានិក” come from?

អវកាសយានិក (Khmer) comes from Khmer អវកាស, from Pali avakāsa.

អវកាសយានិក (Khmer): astronaut

Definitions

  1. astronaut

Ancestry of “អវកាសយានិក”, step by step

អវកាសយានិក traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer អវកាស

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerអវកាស(outer) space; cosmos
2Paliavakāsa—

via Khmer យានិក

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerយានិកdriver, coachman
Every word from Pali avakāsa →Every word from Khmer អវកាស →
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