Where does “ជាងអ៊ុតសក់” come from?

ជាងអ៊ុតសក់ (Khmer) comes from Khmer សក់, from Proto-Austroasiatic *sukʔ — hair.

ជាងអ៊ុតសក់ (Khmer): hairdresser

Definitions

  1. hairdresser

Ancestry of “ជាងអ៊ុតសក់”, step by step

ជាងអ៊ុតសក់ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer សក់

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerសក់hair
2Proto-Austroasiatic*sukʔhair

via Khmer ជាង

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

via Khmer អ៊ុត

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerអ៊ុតto iron, to press (with an iron)
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *sukʔEvery word from Khmer សក់
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