Where does “ចំណងធ្នាក់” come from?

ចំណងធ្នាក់ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ចំណង, from Khmer ចង, from Proto-Turkic juŋ, from Chinese 羊, from Translingual ¥, from English Y, from English yuri, from Japanese 百合.

ចំណងធ្នាក់ (Khmer): preposition

Definitions

  1. preposition

Ancestry of “ចំណងធ្នាក់”, step by step

ចំណងធ្នាក់ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ចំណង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerចំណងknot; bond, link, tie; ligature
2Khmerចងto tie
3Proto-Turkicjuŋ
4Chinesesheep, goat, antelope
5Translingual¥yen
6EnglishYA figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A...
7EnglishyuriA narrative or visual work featuring a romance or...
8Japanese百合lily
9Japanese連用形an inflectional category: the continuative or...
10Japanese見るto see, to watch, to observe, to look at...
11Japanesea dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state...
12Old Japanesea dream
13Japanesean order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger...
14Middle Chinese

via Khmer ធ្នាក់

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerធ្នាក់decoy, bait
2Khmerទាក់to snare, capture (in a trap), trap, catch (with a trap)
3Proto-Mon-Khmerɗaktrap; to trap
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