Where does “ម្រាមជើង” come from?

ម្រាមជើង (Khmer) comes from Khmer ជើង, from Old Khmer ជេង៑, from Proto-Mon-Khmer ɟuŋ — leg, foot.

ម្រាមជើង (Khmer): toe

Definitions

  1. toe

Ancestry of “ម្រាមជើង”, step by step

ម្រាមជើង traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ជើង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerជើងleg, foot; leg; base, bottom, support
2Old Khmerជេង៑—
3Proto-Mon-Khmerɟuŋleg, foot

via Khmer ម្រាម

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerម្រាមdigit
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ɟuŋ →Every word from Old Khmer ជេង៑ →Every word from Khmer ជើង →