Where does “ស្បែកជើង” come from?

ស្បែកជើង (Khmer) comes from Khmer ជើង, from Old Khmer ជេង៑, from Proto-Mon-Khmer ɟuŋ — leg, foot.

ស្បែកជើង (Khmer): shoe

Definitions

  1. shoe

Ancestry of “ស្បែកជើង”, step by step

ស្បែកជើង traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ជើង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerជើងleg, foot; leg; base, bottom, support
2Old Khmerជេង៑—
3Proto-Mon-Khmerɟuŋleg, foot

via Khmer ស្បែក

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerស្បែកskin, hide, leather

Words derived from “ស្បែកជើង”

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ɟuŋ →Every word from Old Khmer ជេង៑ →Every word from Khmer ជើង →