Where does “សាហារ៉ាខាងលិច” come from?

សាហារ៉ាខាងលិច (Khmer) comes from Khmer ខាងលិច, from Khmer លិច, from Proto-Mon-Khmer ləc — to shake.

Ancestry of “សាហារ៉ាខាងលិច”, step by step

សាហារ៉ាខាងលិច traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ខាងលិច

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerខាងលិចwest, westward
2Khmerលិចto sink; to submerge, to immerse
3Proto-Mon-Khmerləcto shake

via Khmer សាហារ៉ា

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerសាហារ៉ាSahara desert
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ləc →Every word from Khmer លិច →Every word from Khmer ខាងលិច →