Where does “ជើងក្អែក” come from?

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

ជើងក្អែក (Khmer): cross (shape)

Definitions

  1. cross (shape)

Ancestry of “ជើងក្អែក”, step by step

ជើងក្អែក 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 ក្អែក

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerក្អែកcrow, raven
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ɟuŋ →Every word from Old Khmer ជេង៑ →Every word from Khmer ជើង →