Where does “ខ្សែក្រវាត់” come from?
ខ្សែក្រវាត់ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ក្រវាត់, from French Cravate, from Serbo-Croatian Hr̀vāt, from Proto-Slavic xorvatъ — Croat.
ខ្សែក្រវាត់ (Khmer): belt
Ancestry of “ខ្សែក្រវាត់”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Khmer | ក្រវាត់ | to tie; to put around; belt; Alternative form of... |
| 2 | French | Cravate | Croat |
| 3 | Serbo-Croatian | Hr̀vāt | a Croat; Croat |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | xorvatъ | Croat |