Where does “ចង្កឹះ” come from?
ចង្កឹះ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ចង, from Proto-Turkic juŋ, from Chinese 羊, from Translingual ¥, from English Y, from English yuri, from Japanese 百合, from Japanese 連用形.
ចង្កឹះ (Khmer): chopstick
Ancestry of “ចង្កឹះ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Khmer | ចង | to tie |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | juŋ | — |
| 3 | Chinese | 羊 | sheep, goat, antelope |
| 4 | Translingual | ¥ | yen |
| 5 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 6 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 7 | Japanese | 百合 | lily; a style of 襲の色目 , featuring a red outer... |
| 8 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 9 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 10 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 11 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 12 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 13 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |