Where does “Northern Khmer” come from?

Northern Khmer (English) comes from English Northern, from Middle English northerne, from Old English norþerne, from Proto-Germanic nurþrōnijaz, from Proto-Germanic nurþraz, from Proto-Indo-European *nér — below the surface, below.

Northern Khmer (English): A dialect of Khmer, which uses a different writing system than Central Khmer

Definitions

  1. A dialect of Khmer, which uses a different writing system than Central Khmer

Ancestry of “Northern Khmer”, step by step

Northern Khmer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Northern

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNorthernCharacteristic of the North of England; a steam...
2Middle Englishnorthernenorthern
3Old Englishnorþernenorthern
4Proto-Germanicnurþrōnijaznorthern
5Proto-Germanicnurþraznorth, northern
6Proto-Indo-European*nérbelow the surface, below

via English Khmer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishKhmerThe national language of Cambodia, part of the...
2Irish-is-ish, -ese; inflection of -eas: ##...
3Old Irish-asNominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or...
4Proto-Celtic-assus—
5Proto-Indo-European-ad-tus—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *nér →