Where does “ឆ្អឹងថ្គាម” come from?

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

ឆ្អឹងថ្គាម (Khmer): jawbone

Definitions

  1. jawbone

Ancestry of “ឆ្អឹងថ្គាម”, step by step

ឆ្អឹងថ្គាម traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ឆ្អឹង

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

via Khmer ថ្គាម

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerថ្គាមmolar (tooth)
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