Where does “អំពើបាប” come from?

អំពើបាប (Khmer) comes from Khmer បាប, from Pali pāpa, from Sanskrit पाप, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pāpás — bad.

អំពើបាប (Khmer): sin

Definitions

  1. sin

Ancestry of “អំពើបាប”, step by step

អំពើបាប traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer បាប

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerបាបsin
2Palipāpaevil, sinful; a sin, bad deed
3Sanskritपापbad, vicious, wicked, evil, wretched, vile, low;...
4Proto-Indo-Iranianpāpásbad

via Khmer អំពើ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerអំពើact, action, deed often used as a nominalizing element like
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian pāpás →Every word from Sanskrit पाप →Every word from Pali pāpa →