Where does “ទទាទ្រូងលឿង” come from?

ទទាទ្រូងលឿង (Khmer) comes from Khmer លឿង, from Thai เหลือง, from Proto-Tai ʰlɯəŋᴬ — yellow.

ទទាទ្រូងលឿង (Khmer): orange-necked partridge (Arborophila davidi)

Definitions

  1. orange-necked partridge (Arborophila davidi)

Ancestry of “ទទាទ្រូងលឿង”, step by step

ទទាទ្រូងលឿង traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer លឿង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerលឿងto be yellow
2Thaiเหลืองyellow
3Proto-Taiʰlɯəŋᴬyellow

via Khmer ទ្រូង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerទ្រូងchest (thorax)

via Khmer ទទា

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerទទា
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