Where does “ទីជ្រកកោន” come from?

ទីជ្រកកោន (Khmer) comes from Khmer ទី, from Chinese 第, from Chinese 是.

ទីជ្រកកោន (Khmer): asylum, sanctuary

Definitions

  1. asylum, sanctuary

Ancestry of “ទីជ្រកកោន”, step by step

ទីជ្រកកោន traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ទី

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerទីmarker for ordinal numbers; nominalizer for...
2Chinese第—
3Chinese是—

via Khmer ជ្រកកោន

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerជ្រកកោនto seek shelter, protection
2Khmerកោនto take shelter, to take refuge
Every word from Chinese 是 →Every word from Chinese 第 →Every word from Khmer ទី →