Where does “ສະອາດ” come from?

ສະອາດ (Lao) comes from Khmer ស្អាត, from Proto-Austroasiatic *cʔaʔ.

ສະອາດ (Lao): clean

Definitions

  1. clean

Ancestry of “ສະອາດ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerស្អាតclean; beautiful
2Proto-Austroasiatic*cʔaʔ—
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *cʔaʔ →Every word from Khmer ស្អាត →
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