Where does “ទ្រអ៊ូ” come from?

ទ្រអ៊ូ (Khmer) comes from Old Khmer អ, from Thai อ — lacking; without.

ទ្រអ៊ូ (Khmer): tro u, the coconut fiddle, a kind of low-pitched two-stringed fiddle

Definitions

  1. tro u, the coconut fiddle, a kind of low-pitched two-stringed fiddle

Ancestry of “ទ្រអ៊ូ”, step by step

ទ្រអ៊ូ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Khmer អ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Khmerអfamiliar or pejorative headword for males
2Thaiอlacking; without

via Khmer ទ្រ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerទ្រto support; tro, a Cambodian stringed instrument...
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