Where does “អានរក” come from?

អានរក (Khmer) comes from Khmer នរក, from Pali naraka, from Sanskrit नरक, from Proto-Indo-European *nér — below the surface, below.

អានរក (Khmer): damn you!, bloody hell!, crap!

Definitions

  1. damn you!, bloody hell!, crap!

Ancestry of “អានរក”, step by step

អានរក traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer នរក

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerនរកunderworld, hell
2Palinarakapurgatory, hell
3Sanskritनरकhell
4Proto-Indo-European*nérbelow the surface, below

via Khmer អា

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerអា​: to ​saw
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *nér →Every word from Sanskrit नरक →Every word from Pali naraka →