Where does “ខាងជើង” come from?

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

ខាងជើង (Khmer): north, northern, northward

Definitions

  1. north, northern, northward

Ancestry of “ខាងជើង”, step by step

ខាងជើង traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ជើង

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

via Khmer ខាង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerខាងside, direction, part

Words derived from “ខាងជើង”

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ɟuŋ →Every word from Old Khmer ជេង៑ →Every word from Khmer ជើង →