Where does “ធំឡើង” come from?

ធំឡើង (Khmer) comes from Khmer ឡើង, from Proto-Mon-Khmer luŋ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rV-luŋ — stone.

ធំឡើង (Khmer): to grow; to grow up

Definitions

  1. to grow; to grow up

Ancestry of “ធំឡើង”, step by step

ធំឡើង traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ឡើង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerឡើងup, upwards
2Proto-Mon-Khmerluŋabove, on
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*rV-luŋstone

via Khmer ធំ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerធំbig, large, tall, vast; important, grand,...
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rV-luŋ →Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer luŋ →Every word from Khmer ឡើង →