Where does “ទងផ្ចិត” come from?

ទងផ្ចិត (Khmer) comes from Khmer ទង, from Old Chinese 銅.

ទងផ្ចិត (Khmer): umbilical cord

Definitions

  1. umbilical cord

Ancestry of “ទងផ្ចិត”, step by step

ទងផ្ចិត traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ទង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerទងstem (of a plant), trunk, stalk, base; tendril
2Old Chinese銅—

via Khmer ផ្ចិត

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerផ្ចិតnavel
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpusəjnavel
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