Where does “សំណាងល្អ” come from?

សំណាងល្អ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ល្អ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer ləʔ.

សំណាងល្អ (Khmer): good luck

Definitions

  1. good luck

Ancestry of “សំណាងល្អ”, step by step

សំណាងល្អ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ល្អ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerល្អgood, nice; beautiful, pretty, handsome; correct,...
2Proto-Mon-Khmerləʔ

via Khmer សំណាង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerសំណាងdestiny, fate, luck, chance, fortune; good...
2Khmerសាងto build
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