Where does “អាង” come from?

អាង (Khmer) comes from Thai อ่าง, from Proto-Southwestern Tai ʔaːŋᴮ¹, from Proto-Tai ʔaːŋᴮ, from Middle Chinese 盎.

អាង (Khmer): basin, tub, tank, pool, reservoir

Definitions

  1. basin, tub, tank, pool, reservoir

Ancestry of “អាង”, step by step

អាង traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai อ่าง

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiอ่างbasin; bowl; tub; sink
2Proto-Southwestern Taiʔaːŋᴮ¹basin
3Proto-Taiʔaːŋᴮbasin
4Middle Chinese盎—

via Chinese 吳

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese吳—

Words derived from “អាង”

Every word from Middle Chinese 盎 →Every word from Proto-Tai ʔaːŋᴮ →Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai ʔaːŋᴮ¹ →