Where does “អ័ព្ភ” come from?

អ័ព្ភ (Khmer) comes from Pali abbha, from Sanskrit अभ्र, from Proto-Indo-Iranian abʰrás, from Proto-Indo-European n̥bʰrós, from Proto-Indo-European nebʰ- — to become damp, cloudy.

អ័ព្ភ (Khmer): thick and dark clouds

Definitions

  1. thick and dark clouds

Ancestry of “អ័ព្ភ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Paliabbhacloud
2Sanskritअभ्रcloud, thunder-cloud, rainy weather; sky,...
3Proto-Indo-Iranianabʰráscloud, raincloud
4Proto-Indo-Europeann̥bʰrósrain-cloud, with semantic narrowing to rain,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeannebʰ-to become damp, cloudy

Words derived from “អ័ព្ភ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European nebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥bʰrós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian abʰrás →