Where does “ហាងសៀវភៅ” come from?

ហាងសៀវភៅ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ហាង, from Thai หาง, from Proto-Tai trwɤːŋᴬ — tail.

ហាងសៀវភៅ (Khmer): bookstore, bookshop

Definitions

  1. bookstore, bookshop

Ancestry of “ហាងសៀវភៅ”, step by step

ហាងសៀវភៅ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ហាង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerហាងtail; shop, store
2Thaiหางtail; end of an object
3Proto-Taitrwɤːŋᴬtail

via Khmer សៀវភៅ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerសៀវភៅbook; pad, notebook
2Cantonese書簿—
3Cantonese書—
Every word from Proto-Tai trwɤːŋᴬ →Every word from Thai หาง →Every word from Khmer ហាង →