Where does “បាតជើង” come from?

បាតជើង (Khmer) comes from Khmer ជើង, from Old Khmer ជេង៑, from Proto-Mon-Khmer ɟuŋ — leg, foot.

បាតជើង (Khmer): sole (of the foot)

Definitions

  1. sole (of the foot)

Ancestry of “បាតជើង”, step by step

បាតជើង traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ជើង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerជើងleg, foot; leg; base, bottom, support
2Old Khmerជេង៑—
3Proto-Mon-Khmerɟuŋleg, foot

via Khmer បាត

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerបាតbottom, bottom part, base
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ɟuŋ →Every word from Old Khmer ជេង៑ →Every word from Khmer ជើង →