Where does “ជាងឈើ” come from?

ជាងឈើ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ឈើ, from Old Khmer ឈេ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer ɟhooʔ — tree; wood; tree, wood.

ជាងឈើ (Khmer): carpenter

Definitions

  1. carpenter

Ancestry of “ជាងឈើ”, step by step

ជាងឈើ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ឈើ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerឈើwood; tree; timber
2Old Khmerឈេ—
3Proto-Mon-Khmerɟhooʔtree; wood; tree, wood

via Khmer ជាង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerជាងthan, in excess of, exceeding, to a greater...
2Middle Chinese匠—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ɟhooʔ →Every word from Old Khmer ឈេ →Every word from Khmer ឈើ →