Where does “ជើងខ្យល់” come from?

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

ជើងខ្យល់ (Khmer): storm clouds

Definitions

  1. storm clouds

Ancestry of “ជើងខ្យល់”, step by step

ជើងខ្យល់ 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 ខ្យល់

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerខ្យល់wind, breeze, air
2Proto-Mon-Khmerkjaal—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ɟuŋ →Every word from Old Khmer ជេង៑ →Every word from Khmer ជើង →