Where does “ថ្ងៃកំណើត” come from?

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

ថ្ងៃកំណើត (Khmer): birthday

Definitions

  1. birthday

Ancestry of “ថ្ងៃកំណើត”, step by step

ថ្ងៃកំណើត traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ថ្ងៃ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerថ្ងៃday; sun
2Proto-Austroasiatic*tŋiːʔday

via Khmer កំណើត

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerកំណើតbirth
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