Where does “ធី” come from?

ធី (Khmer) comes from Vietnamese thì, from Chinese 時, from Old Chinese 之.

ធី (Khmer): to take an examination / a test, to compete

Definitions

  1. to take an examination / a test, to compete

Ancestry of “ធី”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnamesethìDated form of thời; the prime time in terms of...
2Chinese時—
3Old Chinese之—
Every word from Old Chinese 之 →Every word from Chinese 時 →Every word from Vietnamese thì →