Where does “គងវង់” come from?

គងវង់ (Khmer) comes from Khmer វង់, from Old Khmer វាង៑, from Proto-Mon-Khmer wa(a)ŋ — enclosure.

គងវង់ (Khmer): a kind of musical instrument composed of a circular frame usually made of bamboo on which sixteen brass gongs are arranged

Definitions

  1. a kind of musical instrument composed of a circular frame usually made of bamboo on which sixteen brass gongs are arranged

Ancestry of “គងវង់”, step by step

គងវង់ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer វង់

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerវង់to surround, go around, encircle; to draw a...
2Old Khmerវាង៑—
3Proto-Mon-Khmerwa(a)ŋenclosure

via Khmer គង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerគងto lean something long up against something, to place something long across something else, to pile something up in a staggered / alternating fashion
2Vietnamesecuốnto roll
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