Where does “ឆ្អឹងជំនីរ” come from?

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

ឆ្អឹងជំនីរ (Khmer): rib

Definitions

  1. rib

Ancestry of “ឆ្អឹងជំនីរ”, step by step

ឆ្អឹងជំនីរ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ឆ្អឹង

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

via Khmer ជំនីរ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerជំនីរrib (curved bone)
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