Where does “ជាងស្បែកជើង” come from?

ជាងស្បែកជើង (Khmer) comes from Khmer ស្បែកជើង, from Khmer ជើង, from Old Khmer ជេង៑, from Proto-Mon-Khmer ɟuŋ — leg, foot.

ជាងស្បែកជើង (Khmer): cobbler

Definitions

  1. cobbler

Ancestry of “ជាងស្បែកជើង”, step by step

ជាងស្បែកជើង traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ស្បែកជើង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerស្បែកជើងshoe
2Khmerជើងleg, foot; leg; base, bottom, support
3Old Khmerជេង៑—
4Proto-Mon-Khmerɟuŋleg, foot

via Khmer ជាង

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