Where does “ជើងក្រាន” come from?

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

ជើងក្រាន (Khmer): stove, hearth, hearthstone, furnace, oven; small...

Definitions

  1. stove, hearth, hearthstone, furnace, oven; small...

Ancestry of “ជើងក្រាន”, step by step

ជើងក្រាន traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ជើង

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

via Khmer ក្រាន

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerក្រានbrazier
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ɟuŋ →Every word from Old Khmer ជេង៑ →Every word from Khmer ជើង →