Where does “ឧក្រិដ្ឋកម្ម” come from?
ឧក្រិដ្ឋកម្ម (Khmer) comes from Khmer ឧក្រិដ្ឋ, from Pali ukkaṭṭha, from Sanskrit उत्कृष्ट, from Sanskrit कृष्ट, from Sanskrit -त, from Proto-Indo-Iranian -tás, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
ឧក្រិដ្ឋកម្ម (Khmer): crime
Definitions
- crime
Ancestry of “ឧក្រិដ្ឋកម្ម”, step by step
ឧក្រិដ្ឋកម្ម traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer ឧក្រិដ្ឋ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ឧក្រិដ្ឋ | to be serious, grave, heavy, criminal |
| 2 | Pali | ukkaṭṭha | high, prominent |
| 3 | Sanskrit | उत्कृष्ट | drawn up or out |
| 4 | Sanskrit | कृष्ट | drawn |
| 5 | Sanskrit | -त | -ed |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | -tás | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via Khmer កម្ម
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | កម្ម | action, act, deed, manual work; activity; karma |
| 2 | Pali | kamma | doing, deed, action; work, occupation; karma |
| 3 | Sanskrit | कर्मन् | act, action, performance, business; office,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | kárma | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | kárma | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷer- | to do; to make; to build |