Where does “មាត់ភ្នំភ្លើង” come from?

មាត់ភ្នំភ្លើង (Khmer) comes from Khmer ភ្នំភ្លើង, from Khmer ភ្នំ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer bn₂uum — hill.

មាត់ភ្នំភ្លើង (Khmer): crater (of a volcano)

Definitions

  1. crater (of a volcano)

Ancestry of “មាត់ភ្នំភ្លើង”, step by step

មាត់ភ្នំភ្លើង traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ភ្នំភ្លើង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerភ្នំភ្លើងvolcano
2Khmerភ្នំhill, mountain
3Proto-Mon-Khmerbn₂uumhill

via Khmer មាត់

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerមាត់mouth; bank
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer bn₂uum →Every word from Khmer ភ្នំ →Every word from Khmer ភ្នំភ្លើង →