Where does “ខ្មែរក្រហម” come from?

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

ខ្មែរក្រហម (Khmer): Khmer Rouge

Definitions

  1. Khmer Rouge

Ancestry of “ខ្មែរក្រហម”, step by step

ខ្មែរក្រហម traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ខ្មែរ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerខ្មែរKhmer
2ThaiเขมรKhmer
3Old KhmerkmerKhmer, member of the Khmer ethnolinguistic group

via Khmer ក្រហម

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerក្រហមred
Every word from Old Khmer kmer