Where does “បាយក្រៀម” come from?

បាយក្រៀម (Khmer) comes from Khmer បាយ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer paaj — cooked rice.

បាយក្រៀម (Khmer): dried cooked rice

Definitions

  1. dried cooked rice

Ancestry of “បាយក្រៀម”, step by step

បាយក្រៀម traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer បាយ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerបាយrice; food, meal; to eat
2Proto-Mon-Khmerpaajcooked rice

via Khmer ក្រៀម

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerក្រៀមto be dry, dried up, withered
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