Where does “ឆ្នាំទៅ” come from?

ឆ្នាំទៅ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ឆ្នាំ, from Proto-Bahnaric cnam, from Proto-Mon-Khmer cn₁am — year.

ឆ្នាំទៅ (Khmer): last year

Definitions

  1. last year

Ancestry of “ឆ្នាំទៅ”, step by step

ឆ្នាំទៅ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ឆ្នាំ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerឆ្នាំyear
2Proto-Bahnariccnam—
3Proto-Mon-Khmercn₁amyear

via Khmer ទៅ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerទៅto go
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer cn₁am →Every word from Proto-Bahnaric cnam →Every word from Khmer ឆ្នាំ →