Where does “ថ្ងៃលិច” come from?

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

ថ្ងៃលិច (Khmer): sunset

Definitions

  1. sunset

Ancestry of “ថ្ងៃលិច”, step by step

ថ្ងៃលិច traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ថ្ងៃ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerថ្ងៃday; sun
2Proto-Austroasiatic*tŋiːʔday

via Khmer លិច

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerលិចto sink; to submerge, to immerse
2Proto-Mon-Khmerləcto shake
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