Where does “ធ្នើរសៀវភៅ” come from?

ធ្នើរសៀវភៅ (Khmer) comes from Khmer សៀវភៅ, from Cantonese 書簿, from Cantonese 書.

ធ្នើរសៀវភៅ (Khmer): bookshelf

Definitions

  1. bookshelf

Ancestry of “ធ្នើរសៀវភៅ”, step by step

ធ្នើរសៀវភៅ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer សៀវភៅ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerសៀវភៅbook; pad, notebook
2Cantonese書簿—
3Cantonese書—

via Khmer ធ្នើរ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerធ្នើរshelf
2Khmerទើរto be above
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