Where does “កាំជណ្ដើរ” come from?

កាំជណ្ដើរ (Khmer) comes from Khmer កាំ, from Proto-Austroasiatic *kam — arrow.

កាំជណ្ដើរ (Khmer): stair, stairsteps, steps of a stairway

Definitions

  1. stair, stairsteps, steps of a stairway

Ancestry of “កាំជណ្ដើរ”, step by step

កាំជណ្ដើរ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer កាំ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerកាំshelf
2Proto-Austroasiatic*kamarrow

via Khmer ជណ្ដើរ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerជណ្ដើរladder, stairs
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *kam →Every word from Khmer កាំ →