Where does “ថ្ងៃលំហែ” come from?

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

ថ្ងៃលំហែ (Khmer): holiday; day off

Definitions

  1. holiday; day off

Ancestry of “ថ្ងៃលំហែ”, step by step

ថ្ងៃលំហែ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ថ្ងៃ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerថ្ងៃday; sun
2Proto-Austroasiatic*tŋiːʔday

via Khmer លំហែ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerលំហែto rest, to take a break
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