Where does “ប្រាំបី” come from?

ប្រាំបី (Khmer) comes from Khmer ប្រាំ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer pɗam, from Proto-Mon-Khmer p(ɗ)am.

ប្រាំបី (Khmer): eight

Definitions

  1. eight

Ancestry of “ប្រាំបី”, step by step

ប្រាំបី traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ប្រាំ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerប្រាំfive
2Proto-Mon-Khmerpɗamfive
3Proto-Mon-Khmerp(ɗ)am—

via Khmer បី

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerបីthree
2Proto-Mon-Khmerpiʔ—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer p(ɗ)am →Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer pɗam →Every word from Khmer ប្រាំ →