Where does “កសាង” come from?

កសាង (Khmer) comes from Khmer ក, from French Cœur, from Middle French cœur, from Old French cuer, from Vulgar Latin *corem, from Latin cor, from Proto-Italic kord, from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr — heart.

កសាង (Khmer): to build

Definitions

  1. to build

Ancestry of “កសាង”, step by step

កសាង traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerneck; collar; connecting link
2FrenchCœurheart
3Middle FrenchcœurAlternative form of coeur
4Old Frenchcuerheart
5Vulgar Latin*corem
6Latincorheart; soul, mind
7Proto-Italickordheart
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱḗrheart

via Khmer សាង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerសាងto build
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗrEvery word from Proto-Italic kordEvery word from Latin cor