Where does “ថ្ងៃម្សិល” come from?

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

ថ្ងៃម្សិល (Khmer): yesterday

Definitions

  1. yesterday

Ancestry of “ថ្ងៃម្សិល”, step by step

ថ្ងៃម្សិល traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ថ្ងៃ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerថ្ងៃday; sun
2Proto-Austroasiatic*tŋiːʔday

via Khmer ម្សិល

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerម្សិលyesterday
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *tŋiːʔ →Every word from Khmer ថ្ងៃ →