Where does “ឥច្ឆា” come from?

ឥច្ឆា (Khmer) comes from Pali icchā, from Sanskrit इच्छा, from Sanskrit -आ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

ឥច្ឆា (Khmer): envy, jealousy

Definitions

  1. envy, jealousy

Ancestry of “ឥច្ឆា”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Paliicchādesire, wish
2Sanskritइच्छाwish, desire, inclination; a question or a...
3Sanskrit-आfeminine suffix
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Sanskrit -आ →Every word from Sanskrit इच्छा →