Where does “ស្នាថ្វី” come from?

ស្នាថ្វី (Khmer) comes from Khmer ស្នា, from Proto-Mon-Khmer snaʔ — crossbow.

ស្នាថ្វី (Khmer): skill, craft, ability

Definitions

  1. skill, craft, ability

Ancestry of “ស្នាថ្វី”, step by step

ស្នាថ្វី traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ស្នា

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerស្នាcrossbow
2Proto-Mon-Khmersnaʔcrossbow

via Khmer ថ្វី

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerថ្វីwhy
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer snaʔ →Every word from Khmer ស្នា →