Where does “ប្រាក់ខែ” come from?

ប្រាក់ខែ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ប្រាក់, from Angkorian Old Khmer prāk.

ប្រាក់ខែ (Khmer): salary

Definitions

  1. salary

Ancestry of “ប្រាក់ខែ”, step by step

ប្រាក់ខែ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ប្រាក់

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerប្រាក់money; silver; button orchid, string of nickels,...
2Angkorian Old Khmerprāk—

via Khmer ខែ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerខែmoon
2Proto-Austroasiatic*khe(ː)ʔmoon, month
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