Where does “ជើងល្បែង” come from?

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

ជើងល្បែង (Khmer): gambler

Definitions

  1. gambler

Ancestry of “ជើងល្បែង”, step by step

ជើងល្បែង 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 ល្បែង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerល្បែងgame
2Khmerលេងto play, to enjoy, to do for fun
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ɟuŋ →Every word from Old Khmer ជេង៑ →Every word from Khmer ជើង →
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