Where does “ក្រដាសបង្គន់” come from?

ក្រដាសបង្គន់ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ក្រដាស, from Malay kertas, from Arabic قِرْطَاس, from Aramaic קַרְטֵיסָא, from Ancient Greek χάρτης, from Ancient Greek χαράσσω, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer- — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.

ក្រដាសបង្គន់ (Khmer): toilet paper

Definitions

  1. toilet paper

Ancestry of “ក្រដាសបង្គន់”, step by step

ក្រដាសបង្គន់ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ក្រដាស

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerក្រដាសpaper; a flowering climber, great bougainvillea
2Malaykertaspaper
3Arabicقِرْطَاسpaper, page
4Aramaicקַרְטֵיסָא
5Ancient Greekχάρτηςsheet of paper, paper; book
6Ancient Greekχαράσσωto sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines

via Khmer បង្គន់

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerបង្គន់bathroom, lavatory
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer-Every word from Ancient Greek χαράσσωEvery word from Ancient Greek χάρτης