Where does “ជាថ្មី” come from?

ជាថ្មី (Khmer) comes from Khmer ជា, from Thai ช้ำ — bruised.

ជាថ្មី (Khmer): anew, once again, re

Definitions

  1. anew, once again, re

Ancestry of “ជាថ្មី”, step by step

ជាថ្មី traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ជា

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerជាto be, to be equal to, equivalent to, the same as
2Thaiช้ำbruised

via Khmer ថ្មី

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerថ្មីnew, recent, modern; again
2Proto-Mon-Khmertmiːʔ—
Every word from Thai ช้ำ →Every word from Khmer ជា →