Where does “សេចក្ដីថ្លៃថ្នូរ” come from?

សេចក្ដីថ្លៃថ្នូរ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ថ្លៃថ្នូរ, from Khmer ថ្នូរ, from Khmer ដូរ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer turh — to change, to exchange.

សេចក្ដីថ្លៃថ្នូរ (Khmer): dignity; nobility

Definitions

សេចក្ដីថ្លៃថ្នូរ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Khmer	ថ្លៃថ្នូរ	to be valuable, precious, worthy of esteem, superior, sophisticated, honorable, prestigious
2	Khmer	ថ្នូរ	object / goods acquired by traded or barteredfor some other object
3	Khmer	ដូរ	to change, exchange, trade, barter
4	Proto-Mon-Khmer	turh	to change, to exchange

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Khmer	សេចក្តី	subject, text, meaning, connotation, thought, concept, idea, sense (general idea of a text), contents (of a book), story