Where does “សាកល្បង” come from?

សាកល្បង (Khmer) comes from Khmer សាក, from Thai ซาก — carcass.

សាកល្បង (Khmer): to test, to try, to sample, to experiment

Definitions

  1. to test, to try, to sample, to experiment

Ancestry of “សាកល្បង”, step by step

សាកល្បង traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer សាក

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerសាកto try, to test, to check, to verify
2Thaiซากcarcass

via Khmer ល្បង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerល្បងto test, to try
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