Where does “ថ្ងៃម្សិលមិញ” come from?

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

ថ្ងៃម្សិលមិញ (Khmer): yesterday

Definitions

  1. yesterday

Ancestry of “ថ្ងៃម្សិលមិញ”, step by step

ថ្ងៃម្សិលមិញ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ថ្ងៃ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerថ្ងៃday; sun
2Proto-Austroasiatic*tŋiːʔday

via Khmer មិញ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerមិញto be very recent, just past, last (day, night,...)

via Khmer ម្សិល

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerម្សិលyesterday
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