Where does “ស្លាកស្នាម” come from?

ស្លាកស្នាម (Khmer) comes from Khmer ស្នាម, from Thai สนาม, from Old Khmer snāṃ.

ស្លាកស្នាម (Khmer): scar, mark, trace (either physical or psychological)

Definitions

  1. scar, mark, trace (either physical or psychological)

Ancestry of “ស្លាកស្នាម”, step by step

ស្លាកស្នាម traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ស្នាម

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerស្នាមtrace, mark
2Thaiสนามfield; ground
3Old Khmersnāṃ—

via Khmer ស្លាក

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerស្លាកscar, mark, blemish
2Sanskritशलाकाsmall stake or stick
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