Where does “ក្រុង” come from?

ក្រុង (Khmer) comes from Old Khmer ក្រុង៑, from Proto-Mon-Khmer kruŋ — to confine.

ក្រុង (Khmer): city, town; municipality; king

Definitions

  1. city, town; municipality; king

Ancestry of “ក្រុង”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Khmerក្រុង៑—
2Proto-Mon-Khmerkruŋto confine

Words derived from “ក្រុង”

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer kruŋ →Every word from Old Khmer ក្រុង៑ →