Where does “ស៊ូដង់ខាងត្បូង” come from?

ស៊ូដង់ខាងត្បូង (Khmer) comes from Khmer ស៊ូដង់, from French soudan, from Arabic سُودَان, from Arabic السُّودَان.

Ancestry of “ស៊ូដង់ខាងត្បូង”, step by step

ស៊ូដង់ខាងត្បូង traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ស៊ូដង់

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerស៊ូដង់—
2Frenchsoudan—
3Arabicسُودَانblack people
4Arabicالسُّودَان—

via Khmer ខាងត្បូង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerខាងត្បូងsouth, southern, southward
2Khmerត្បូងhead
3Khmerដូងcoconut
Every word from Arabic السُّودَان →Every word from Arabic سُودَان →Every word from French soudan →