Where does “តើន” come from?

តើន (Khmer) comes from Thai ตื่น, from Proto-Tai k.tɯːnᴮ — to wake up.

តើន (Khmer): to wake up, get up (from sleeping) pertaining to monks and kings

Definitions

  1. to wake up, get up (from sleeping) pertaining to monks and kings

Ancestry of “តើន”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiตื่นto wake up; to be alert; to be alarmed
2Proto-Taik.tɯːnᴮto wake up
Every word from Proto-Tai k.tɯːnᴮ →Every word from Thai ตื่น →