Where does “ឆ្នាំបង្គ្រប់” come from?

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

ឆ្នាំបង្គ្រប់ (Khmer): leap year

Definitions

  1. leap year

Ancestry of “ឆ្នាំបង្គ្រប់”, step by step

ឆ្នាំបង្គ្រប់ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ឆ្នាំ

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

via Khmer បង្គ្រប់

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerបង្គ្រប់to complete, supplement, replenish, fill up, fill in (something that is missing)
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer cn₁am →Every word from Proto-Bahnaric cnam →Every word from Khmer ឆ្នាំ →