Where does “ឧច្ចារ” come from?
ឧច្ចារ (Khmer) comes from Pali uccāra, from Sanskrit उच्चार, from Sanskrit चार, from Sanskrit चर, from Sanskrit -अ, from Sanskrit भाग्य, from Sanskrit भाग, from Proto-Indo-Iranian bʰāgás.
ឧច្ចារ (Khmer): faeces, excrement
Ancestry of “ឧច្ចារ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Pali | uccāra | — |
| 2 | Sanskrit | उच्चार | feces, excrement |
| 3 | Sanskrit | चार | movement |
| 4 | Sanskrit | चर | secret emissary, spy, agent; wandering, walking,... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | -अ | — |
| 6 | Sanskrit | भाग्य | luck, destiny, fate, fortune, chance, welfare,... |
| 7 | Sanskrit | भाग | part, portion, share, allotment; compartment,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | bʰāgás | division; allotment |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂gós | — |