Where does “Kambodjaan” come from?

Kambodjaan (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans aan, from Dutch aan, from Middle Dutch āne, from Old Dutch āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- — on, onto.

Kambodjaan (Afrikaans): Cambodian person from Cambodia or of Cambodian descent

Definitions

  1. Cambodian person from Cambodia or of Cambodian descent

Ancestry of “Kambodjaan”, step by step

Kambodjaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Afrikaans aan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Afrikaansaanon; at; on; to
2Dutchaanon; to; on, being operative
3Middle Dutchāneon, on top of
4Old Dutchāna—
5Proto-West Germanicanaon
6Proto-Germanic*an—
7Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via Afrikaans Kambodja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AfrikaansKambodja—
2AfrikaansCambodja—
3DutchCambodja—
4FrenchCambodge—
5Khmerកម្ពុជាKampuchea
6Palikamboja—
7Sanskritकाम्बोजborn in or coming from Kamboja; a native of...
8Hindiकम्बोजKamboj

Words derived from “Kambodjaan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ana →Every word from Proto-Germanic *an →