Where does “ភ្នាក់ដៃ” come from?

ភ្នាក់ដៃ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ដៃ — arm, hand.

ភ្នាក់ដៃ (Khmer): armrest; handrail

Definitions

  1. armrest; handrail

Ancestry of “ភ្នាក់ដៃ”, step by step

ភ្នាក់ដៃ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ដៃ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerដៃarm, hand

via Khmer ភ្នាក់

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerភ្នាក់support, prop only found in the two compounds listed thereafter
Every word from Khmer ដៃ
ភ្នាក់ដៃ — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer