Where does “វេនីស” come from?

វេនីស (Khmer) comes from French Venise, from Medieval Latin Venetia, from Latin Veneti — Veneti (a Celtic tribe of Armorica in antiquity).

Ancestry of “វេនីស”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchVenise—
2Medieval LatinVenetiaVenice
3LatinVenetiVeneti (a Celtic tribe of Armorica in antiquity)
Every word from Latin Veneti →Every word from Medieval Latin Venetia →Every word from French Venise →