Where does “ស្រុកខ្មែរ” come from?

ស្រុកខ្មែរ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ខ្មែរ, from Thai เขมร, from Old Khmer kmer — Khmer, member of the Khmer ethnolinguistic group.

ស្រុកខ្មែរ (Khmer): Khmer land

Definitions

  1. Khmer land

Ancestry of “ស្រុកខ្មែរ”, step by step

ស្រុកខ្មែរ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ខ្មែរ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerខ្មែរKhmer
2ThaiเขมรKhmer
3Old KhmerkmerKhmer, member of the Khmer ethnolinguistic group

via Khmer ស្រុក

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerស្រុកcountry, nation; district, subdivision of a...
Every word from Old Khmer kmer