Where does “ពន្លឺខែ” come from?

ពន្លឺខែ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ខែ, from Proto-Austroasiatic *khe(ː)ʔ — moon, month.

ពន្លឺខែ (Khmer): moonlight

Definitions

  1. moonlight

Ancestry of “ពន្លឺខែ”, step by step

ពន្លឺខែ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ខែ

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

via Khmer ពន្លឺ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerពន្លឺillumination, brightness, light, ray of light, flash
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