Where does “ជាងភ្លើង” come from?

ជាងភ្លើង (Khmer) comes from Khmer ជាង, from Middle Chinese 匠.

ជាងភ្លើង (Khmer): electrician

Definitions

  1. electrician

Ancestry of “ជាងភ្លើង”, step by step

ជាងភ្លើង traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ជាង

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

via Khmer ភ្លើង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerភ្លើងfire, flame
Every word from Middle Chinese 匠 →Every word from Khmer ជាង →