Where does “ទឹកប្រេងខ្យង” come from?

ទឹកប្រេងខ្យង (Khmer) comes from Khmer ទឹក, from Proto-Austroasiatic ɗaːk — water.

ទឹកប្រេងខ្យង (Khmer): oyster sauce

Definitions

  1. oyster sauce

Ancestry of “ទឹកប្រេងខ្យង”, step by step

ទឹកប្រេងខ្យង traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ទឹក

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

via Khmer ប្រេង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerប្រេងoil
2Proto-Mon-Khmer*priiŋ—

via Khmer ខ្យង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerខ្យងsnail, mollusc, shell (of an invertebrate)
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic ɗaːk →