Where does “ជាន់ខ្ពស់” come from?

ជាន់ខ្ពស់ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ជាន់ — to step on, to trample.

ជាន់ខ្ពស់ (Khmer): high rank, high class

Definitions

  1. high rank, high class

Ancestry of “ជាន់ខ្ពស់”, step by step

ជាន់ខ្ពស់ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ជាន់

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerជាន់to step on, to trample

via Khmer ខ្ពស់

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerខ្ពស់to be high, tall, elevated
Every word from Khmer ជាន់