Where does “អត់អី” come from?

អត់អី (Khmer) comes from Old Khmer អ, from Thai อ — lacking; without.

អត់អី (Khmer): it doesn't matter, don't worry about it

Definitions

  1. it doesn't matter, don't worry about it

Ancestry of “អត់អី”, step by step

អត់អី traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Khmer អ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Khmerអfamiliar or pejorative headword for males
2Thaiอlacking; without

via Khmer អត់

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerអត់no, not
2Proto-Mon-Khmerʔət—
Every word from Thai อ →Every word from Old Khmer អ →