Where does “ខ្មែរ” come from?

ខ្មែរ (Khmer) comes from Thai เขมร, from Old Khmer kmer — Khmer, member of the Khmer ethnolinguistic group.

ខ្មែរ (Khmer): Khmer

Definitions

  1. Khmer

Ancestry of “ខ្មែរ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ThaiเขมรKhmer
2Old KhmerkmerKhmer, member of the Khmer ethnolinguistic group

Words derived from “ខ្មែរ”

Every word from Old Khmer kmer →Every word from Thai เขมร →