Where does “កងទ័ពជើងទឹក” come from?

កងទ័ពជើងទឹក (Khmer) comes from Khmer ជើងទឹក, from Khmer ជើង, from Old Khmer ជេង៑, from Proto-Mon-Khmer ɟuŋ — leg, foot.

កងទ័ពជើងទឹក (Khmer): navy

Definitions

  1. navy

Ancestry of “កងទ័ពជើងទឹក”, step by step

កងទ័ពជើងទឹក traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ជើងទឹក

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerជើងទឹកby sea
2Khmerជើងleg, foot; leg; base, bottom, support
3Old Khmerជេង៑—
4Proto-Mon-Khmerɟuŋleg, foot

via Khmer កងទ័ព

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerកងទ័ពarmy; army corps
2Khmerទ័ពwalking; running
3Old Khmerទប្បarmed force
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