Where does “ខ្ចៅញី” come from?

ខ្ចៅញី (Khmer) comes from Khmer ញី, from Chinese 女, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋaq.

ខ្ចៅញី (Khmer): nut (that screws onto a bolt)

Definitions

  1. nut (that screws onto a bolt)

Ancestry of “ខ្ចៅញី”, step by step

ខ្ចៅញី traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ញី

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerញីwoman, dame; to be female; to knead
2Chinese女—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*ŋaq—

via Khmer ខ្ចៅ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerខ្ចៅa kind of snail
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋaq →Every word from Chinese 女 →Every word from Khmer ញី →