Where does “បុកជើង” come from?

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

Ancestry of “បុកជើង”, step by step

បុកជើង 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 បុក

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerបុកto pound, to hit, to crush; to collide, to bump into
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ɟuŋ →Every word from Old Khmer ជេង៑ →Every word from Khmer ជើង →