Where does “ជាងកាត់ខោអាវ” come from?

ជាងកាត់ខោអាវ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ខោអាវ, from Khmer ខោ, from Teochew 褲.

ជាងកាត់ខោអាវ (Khmer): tailor

Definitions

  1. tailor

Ancestry of “ជាងកាត់ខោអាវ”, step by step

ជាងកាត់ខោអាវ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ខោអាវ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerខោអាវclothes
2Khmerខោpants, trousers
3Teochew褲—

via Khmer កាត់

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerកាត់to cut, cut off, slice, slit; to divide, detach;...
2Proto-Mon-Khmerkac—

via Khmer ជាង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerជាងthan, in excess of, exceeding, to a greater...
2Middle Chinese匠—
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