Where does “ហ្សាម៉ាអ៊ីក” come from?

ហ្សាម៉ាអ៊ីក (Khmer) comes from French Jamaïque, from Taíno Xaymaca — land of wood and water.

Ancestry of “ហ្សាម៉ាអ៊ីក”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchJamaïque—
2TaínoXaymacaland of wood and water
Every word from Taíno Xaymaca →Every word from French Jamaïque →