Where does “ជើង” come from?

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

ជើង (Khmer): leg, foot; leg; base, bottom, support

Definitions

  1. leg, foot; leg; base, bottom, support

Ancestry of “ជើង”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Khmerជេង៑—
2Proto-Mon-Khmerɟuŋleg, foot

Words derived from “ជើង”

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ɟuŋ →Every word from Old Khmer ជេង៑ →