Where does “ឆ្កែបា” come from?

ឆ្កែបា (Khmer) comes from Khmer ឆ្កែ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer cɡəj — dog.

ឆ្កែបា (Khmer): male dog

Definitions

  1. male dog

Ancestry of “ឆ្កែបា”, step by step

ឆ្កែបា traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ឆ្កែ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerឆ្កែdog
2Proto-Mon-Khmercɡəjdog

via Khmer បា

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerបា
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer cɡəjEvery word from Khmer ឆ្កែ
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