Where does “ស្បែកជើងផ្ទាត់” come from?

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

ស្បែកជើងផ្ទាត់ (Khmer): flip-flop, thong

Definitions

  1. flip-flop, thong

Ancestry of “ស្បែកជើងផ្ទាត់”, step by step

ស្បែកជើងផ្ទាត់ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ស្បែកជើង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerស្បែកជើងshoe
2Khmerជើងleg, foot; leg; base, bottom, support
3Old Khmerជេង៑—
4Proto-Mon-Khmerɟuŋleg, foot

via Khmer ផ្ទាត់

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerផ្ទាត់to flick (with the fingers), tap, touch lightly
2Khmerទាត់to kick (with the tips of the toes), kick away
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ɟuŋ →Every word from Old Khmer ជេង៑ →Every word from Khmer ជើង →