Where does “អ័ព្ភសន្និបាត” come from?
អ័ព្ភសន្និបាត (Khmer) comes from Khmer អ័ព្ភ, 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.
អ័ព្ភសន្និបាត (Khmer): dark storm clouds
Definitions
- dark storm clouds
Ancestry of “អ័ព្ភសន្និបាត”, step by step
អ័ព្ភសន្និបាត traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer អ័ព្ភ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | អ័ព្ភ | thick and dark clouds |
| 2 | Pali | abbha | cloud |
| 3 | Sanskrit | अभ्र | cloud, thunder-cloud, rainy weather; sky,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | abʰrás | cloud, raincloud |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥bʰrós | rain-cloud, with semantic narrowing to rain,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | nebʰ- | to become damp, cloudy |