Where does “ខ្លាឃ្លោក” come from?

ខ្លាឃ្លោក (Khmer) comes from Khmer ខ្លា, from Proto-Mon-Khmer klaʔ — tiger.

ខ្លាឃ្លោក (Khmer): a traditional Cambodian gambling game played by throwing dice on a board containing pictures of a tiger, gourd, fish, lobster, crab, chicken, etc

Definitions

  1. a traditional Cambodian gambling game played by throwing dice on a board containing pictures of a tiger, gourd, fish, lobster, crab, chicken, etc

Ancestry of “ខ្លាឃ្លោក”, step by step

ខ្លាឃ្លោក traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ខ្លា

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerខ្លាtiger
2Proto-Mon-Khmerklaʔtiger

via Khmer ឃ្លោក

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerឃ្លោកkind of gourd (esp. Lagenaria siceraria)
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer klaʔEvery word from Khmer ខ្លា