Where does “ថ្មើរជើង” come from?

ថ្មើរជើង (Khmer) comes from Khmer ជើង, from Old Khmer ជេង៑, from Proto-Mon-Khmer ɟuŋ — leg, foot.

ថ្មើរជើង (Khmer): pedestrian

Definitions

  1. pedestrian

Ancestry of “ថ្មើរជើង”, step by step

ថ្មើរជើង traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ជើង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerជើងleg, foot; leg; base, bottom, support
2Old Khmerជេង៑—
3Proto-Mon-Khmerɟuŋleg, foot

via Khmer ថ្មើរ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerថ្មើរwalker, foot traveler
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ɟuŋ →Every word from Old Khmer ជេង៑ →Every word from Khmer ជើង →