Where does “តម្រងមូត្រ” come from?

តម្រងមូត្រ (Khmer) comes from Khmer មូត្រ, from Sanskrit मूत्र, from Proto-Indo-Iranian múHtram, from Proto-Indo-European múHtrom — excrement, urine; filth, sediment.

តម្រងមូត្រ (Khmer): kidney

Definitions

  1. kidney

Ancestry of “តម្រងមូត្រ”, step by step

តម្រងមូត្រ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer មូត្រ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerមូត្រurine
2Sanskritमूत्रurine
3Proto-Indo-IranianmúHtramexcrement, urine
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanmúHtromexcrement, urine; filth, sediment

via Khmer តម្រង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerតម្រងfilter, filtering device
2Old Khmerត្រងto be straight, direct, or upright
Every word from Proto-Indo-European múHtrom →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian múHtram →Every word from Sanskrit मूत्र →