Where does “តាណូអែល” come from?

តាណូអែល (Khmer) comes from Khmer ណូអែល, from French noël, from Middle French Noël, from Old French noel, from Latin nātālis, from Latin nātus, from Latin gnātus, from Proto-Italic gnātos — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

តាណូអែល (Khmer): Santa Claus

Definitions

  1. Santa Claus

Ancestry of “តាណូអែល”, step by step

តាណូអែល traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ណូអែល

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1KhmerណូអែលChristmas
2FrenchnoëlChristmas gift; Christmas song; melody of a...
3Middle FrenchNoëlChristmas
4Old FrenchnoelChristmas
5Latinnātālisnatal (of one's birth)
6Latinnātusborn, arisen, made
7Latingnātus
8Proto-Italicgnātosborn
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₁tósbegotten, produced
10Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via Khmer តា

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerតាgrandfather
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁tósEvery word from Proto-Italic gnātos