Where does “ពន្លឺថ្ងៃ” come from?

ពន្លឺថ្ងៃ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ថ្ងៃ, from Proto-Austroasiatic *tŋiːʔ — day.

ពន្លឺថ្ងៃ (Khmer): sunshine

Definitions

  1. sunshine

Ancestry of “ពន្លឺថ្ងៃ”, step by step

ពន្លឺថ្ងៃ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ថ្ងៃ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerថ្ងៃday; sun
2Proto-Austroasiatic*tŋiːʔday

via Khmer ពន្លឺ

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