Where does “ទឹកដី” come from?

ទឹកដី (Khmer) comes from Khmer ដី, from Proto-Mon-Khmer t₁iʔ.

ទឹកដី (Khmer): territory (of a country)

Definitions

  1. territory (of a country)

Ancestry of “ទឹកដី”, step by step

ទឹកដី traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ដី

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerដីland, soil, ground; territory; "Piper...
2Proto-Mon-Khmert₁iʔ—

via Khmer ទឹក

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerទឹកwater, liquid, juice; round; temperament
2Proto-Austroasiaticɗaːkwater
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