Where does “ជើងទៀន” come from?

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

ជើងទៀន (Khmer): candlestick

Definitions

  1. candlestick

Ancestry of “ជើងទៀន”, step by step

ជើងទៀន 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 ទៀន

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