Where does “ជាងសោ” come from?

ជាងសោ (Khmer) comes from Khmer សោ, from Old Chinese 鎖.

ជាងសោ (Khmer): locksmith

Definitions

  1. locksmith

Ancestry of “ជាងសោ”, step by step

ជាងសោ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer សោ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerសោlock
2Old Chinese鎖—

via Khmer ជាង

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