Where does “ត្របកភ្នែក” come from?

ត្របកភ្នែក (Khmer) comes from Khmer ភ្នែក, from Old Khmer bhnēka, from Old Khmer bek.

ត្របកភ្នែក (Khmer): eyelid

Definitions

  1. eyelid

Ancestry of “ត្របកភ្នែក”, step by step

ត្របកភ្នែក traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ភ្នែក

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerភ្នែកeye; bud; future
2Old Khmerbhnēka—
3Old Khmerbek—

via Khmer ត្របក

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerត្របកpetal
Every word from Old Khmer bek →Every word from Old Khmer bhnēka →Every word from Khmer ភ្នែក →