Where does “ពោះវៀនពោះតាំង” come from?

ពោះវៀនពោះតាំង (Khmer) comes from Khmer ពោះវៀន, from Khmer ពោះ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer bok — belly.

ពោះវៀនពោះតាំង (Khmer): intestines

Definitions

  1. intestines

Ancestry of “ពោះវៀនពោះតាំង”, step by step

ពោះវៀនពោះតាំង traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ពោះវៀន

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerពោះវៀនintestines
2Khmerពោះbelly; mind, heart, thought
3Proto-Mon-Khmerbokbelly

via Khmer តាំង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerតាំងto establish, create, erect
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer bok →Every word from Khmer ពោះ →Every word from Khmer ពោះវៀន →