Where does “ថ្ងៃនេះ” come from?

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

ថ្ងៃនេះ (Khmer): today

Definitions

  1. today

Ancestry of “ថ្ងៃនេះ”, step by step

ថ្ងៃនេះ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ថ្ងៃ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerថ្ងៃday; sun
2Proto-Austroasiatic*tŋiːʔday

via Khmer នេះ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerនេះthis, these (often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something nearby in time or space)
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *tŋiːʔ →Every word from Khmer ថ្ងៃ →