Where does “គង” come from?
គង (Khmer) comes from Vietnamese cuốn — to roll.
គង (Khmer): to lean something long up against something, to place something long across something else, to pile something up in a staggered / alternating fashion
Definitions
- to lean something long up against something, to place something long across something else, to pile something up in a staggered / alternating fashion
Ancestry of “គង”, step by step
គង traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese cuốn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | cuốn | to roll |
via Malay gong
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | gong | a large "gong"; sound of a gong |