Where does “យាយម៉ប” come from?

យាយម៉ប (Khmer) comes from Khmer យាយ, from Thai ยาย, from Proto-Tai *naːjᴬ — maternal grandmother.

យាយម៉ប (Khmer): midwife

Definitions

  1. midwife

Ancestry of “យាយម៉ប”, step by step

យាយម៉ប traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer យាយ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerយាយgrandmother
2Thaiยายmaternal grandmother; aged woman; a term of...
3Proto-Tai*naːjᴬmaternal grandmother

via Khmer ម៉ប

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerម៉បmidwife
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