Where does “អាស៊ីទក្សិណ” come from?

អាស៊ីទក្សិណ (Khmer) comes from Khmer អាស៊ី, from French Asie — Asia.

Ancestry of “អាស៊ីទក្សិណ”, step by step

អាស៊ីទក្សិណ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer អាស៊ី

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerអាស៊ី—
2FrenchAsieAsia

via Khmer ទក្សិណ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerទក្សិណsouth
2Sanskritदक्षिणाdonation
Every word from French Asie →Every word from Khmer អាស៊ី →