Where does “高棉” come from?

高棉 (Chinese) comes from Khmer ខ្មែរ, from Thai เขมร, from Old Khmer kmer — Khmer, member of the Khmer ethnolinguistic group.

高棉 (Chinese): Kampuchea; Khmer

Definitions

  1. Kampuchea; Khmer

Ancestry of “高棉”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerខ្មែរKhmer
2ThaiเขมรKhmer
3Old KhmerkmerKhmer, member of the Khmer ethnolinguistic group
Every word from Old Khmer kmer →Every word from Thai เขมร →Every word from Khmer ខ្មែរ →
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