Where does “ឈេ” come from?

ឈេ (Old Khmer) comes from Proto-Mon-Khmer ɟhooʔ — tree; wood; tree, wood.

Ancestry of “ឈេ”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Proto-Mon-Khmer	ɟhooʔ	tree; wood; tree, wood

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