Where does “ចៅមឿង” come from?

ចៅមឿង (Khmer) comes from Khmer មឿង, from Thai เมือง, from Proto-Tai mɯəŋᴬ — township.

ចៅមឿង (Khmer): provincial chief

Definitions

  1. provincial chief

Ancestry of “ចៅមឿង”, step by step

ចៅមឿង traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer មឿង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerមឿងcity
2Thaiเมืองcity-state; fortified polity; any polity, as...
3Proto-Taimɯəŋᴬtownship

via Khmer ចៅ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerចៅgrandchild
2Middle Chinese主—
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