Where does “กรุง” come from?

กรุง (Thai) comes from Old Khmer ក្រុង៑, from Proto-Mon-Khmer kruŋ — to confine.

กรุง (Thai): capital city; city of government seat, though not...

Definitions

  1. capital city; city of government seat, though not...

Ancestry of “กรุง”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Khmerក្រុង៑—
2Proto-Mon-Khmerkruŋto confine

Words derived from “กรุง”

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer kruŋ →Every word from Old Khmer ក្រុង៑ →
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