Where does “ឆ្អឹងកង” come from?

ឆ្អឹងកង (Khmer) comes from Khmer ឆ្អឹង, from Proto-Mon-Khmer cʔaaŋ — bone.

ឆ្អឹងកង (Khmer): vertebrae

Definitions

  1. vertebrae

Ancestry of “ឆ្អឹងកង”, step by step

ឆ្អឹងកង traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ឆ្អឹង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerឆ្អឹងbone, skeleton; framework
2Proto-Mon-Khmercʔaaŋbone

via Khmer កង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerកងring, circle
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