Where does “ដំបៅស៊ីជើង” come from?

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

ដំបៅស៊ីជើង (Khmer): athlete’s foot

Definitions

  1. athlete’s foot

Ancestry of “ដំបៅស៊ីជើង”, step by step

ដំបៅស៊ីជើង traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ជើង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerជើងleg, foot; leg; base, bottom, support
2Old Khmerជេង៑—
3Proto-Mon-Khmerɟuŋleg, foot

via Khmer ស៊ី

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerស៊ីto eat
2Proto-Mon-Khmercaʔto eat

via Khmer ដំបៅ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerដំបៅsore, wound, ulcer
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ɟuŋ →Every word from Old Khmer ជេង៑ →Every word from Khmer ជើង →