Where does “ថ្ងៃកើត” come from?

ថ្ងៃកើត (Khmer) comes from Khmer ថ្ងៃ, from Proto-Austroasiatic *tŋiːʔ — day.

ថ្ងៃកើត (Khmer): birthday

Definitions

  1. birthday

Ancestry of “ថ្ងៃកើត”, step by step

ថ្ងៃកើត traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ថ្ងៃ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerថ្ងៃday; sun
2Proto-Austroasiatic*tŋiːʔday

via Khmer កើត

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerកើតto be born, be created, be, become, come into existence, arise, appear
2Old Khmerកេត៑to issue, to emerge; to be born; (of sun) to rise
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