Where does “ស្បែកជើងកវែង” come from?

ស្បែកជើងកវែង (Khmer) comes from Khmer កវែង, from Khmer ក, from French Cœur, from Middle French cœur, from Old French cuer, from Vulgar Latin *corem, from Latin cor, from Proto-Italic kord — heart.

ស្បែកជើងកវែង (Khmer): (high) boot

Definitions

  1. (high) boot

Ancestry of “ស្បែកជើងកវែង”, step by step

ស្បែកជើងកវែង traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer កវែង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerកវែងhaving a long neck
2Khmerneck; collar; connecting link
3FrenchCœurheart
4Middle FrenchcœurAlternative form of coeur
5Old Frenchcuerheart
6Vulgar Latin*corem
7Latincorheart; soul, mind
8Proto-Italickordheart
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱḗrheart

via Khmer ស្បែកជើង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerស្បែកជើងshoe
2Khmerជើងleg, foot; leg; base, bottom, support
3Old Khmerជេង៑
4Proto-Mon-Khmerɟuŋleg, foot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗrEvery word from Proto-Italic kordEvery word from Latin cor