Where does “ជើងធ្មេញ” come from?

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

ជើងធ្មេញ (Khmer): gum, gums

Definitions

  1. gum, gums

Ancestry of “ជើងធ្មេញ”, step by step

ជើងធ្មេញ 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 ធ្មេញ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerធ្មេញtooth, teeth
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ɟuŋ →Every word from Old Khmer ជេង៑ →Every word from Khmer ជើង →