Where does “ដីស្អិត” come from?

ដីស្អិត (Khmer) comes from Khmer ដី, from Proto-Mon-Khmer t₁iʔ.

ដីស្អិត (Khmer): clay

Definitions

  1. clay

Ancestry of “ដីស្អិត”, step by step

ដីស្អិត traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ដី

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerដីland, soil, ground; territory; "Piper...
2Proto-Mon-Khmert₁iʔ—

via Khmer ស្អិត

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerស្អិតto be sticky
2Proto-Mon-Khmer*cʔit—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer t₁iʔ →Every word from Khmer ដី →