Where does “ប្រជុំកោះ” come from?
ប្រជុំកោះ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ប្រជុំ, from Khmer ជុំ, from Old Khmer juṃ.
ប្រជុំកោះ (Khmer): archipelago
Ancestry of “ប្រជុំកោះ”, step by step
ប្រជុំកោះ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer ប្រជុំ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ប្រជុំ | to meet; to assemble; to have a meeting |
| 2 | Khmer | ជុំ | to surround, encircle; to assemble, unite, gather... |
| 3 | Old Khmer | juṃ | — |
via Khmer កោះ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Khmer | កោះ | island; to subpoena, to call someone with a court... |
| 2 | Proto-Mon-Khmer | tkɔɔʔ | island |