Where does “ដុំថ្ម” come from?

ដុំថ្ម (Khmer) comes from Khmer ថ្ម, from Proto-Mon-Khmer t₂mɔʔ — stone.

ដុំថ្ម (Khmer): stone a piece of rock such as might be tossed or thrown

Definitions

  1. stone a piece of rock such as might be tossed or thrown

Ancestry of “ដុំថ្ម”, step by step

ដុំថ្ម traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ថ្ម

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerថ្មstone; rock; concrete; battery
2Proto-Mon-Khmert₂mɔʔstone

via Khmer ដុំ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerដុំloaf of bread; piece, block, chunk, part, group...
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