Where does “អុកចត្រង្គ” come from?

អុកចត្រង្គ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ចត្រង្គ, from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग, from Sanskrit चतुर्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan ćatwā́ras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian čatwā́ras, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.

អុកចត្រង្គ (Khmer): to play Cambodian chess

Definitions

  1. to play Cambodian chess

Ancestry of “អុកចត្រង្គ”, step by step

អុកចត្រង្គ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ចត្រង្គ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerចត្រង្គchess game; chessboard
2Sanskritचतुरङ्गhaving 4 limbs; comprising elephants, chariots,...
3Sanskritचतुर्four
4Proto-Indo-Aryanćatwā́ras—
5Proto-Indo-Iraniančatwā́rasfour
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

via Khmer អុក

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1KhmerអុកCambodian chess
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian čatwā́ras →