Where does “បង្គងឃ្មុំ” come from?

បង្គងឃ្មុំ (Khmer) comes from Khmer បង្គង, from Khmer គង, from Vietnamese cuốn — to roll.

បង្គងឃ្មុំ (Khmer): beehive

Definitions

  1. beehive

Ancestry of “បង្គងឃ្មុំ”, step by step

បង្គងឃ្មុំ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer បង្គង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerបង្គងprop, support
2Khmerគងto lean something long up against something, to place something long across something else, to pile something up in a staggered / alternating fashion
3Vietnamesecuốnto roll

via Khmer ឃ្មុំ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerឃ្មុំbee
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