Where does “Kế Sách” come from?

Kế Sách (Vietnamese) comes from Khmer ខ្សាច់, from Proto-Austroasiatic *skaːcʔ — sand.

Ancestry of “Kế Sách”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerខ្សាច់sand
2Proto-Austroasiatic*skaːcʔsand
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *skaːcʔ →Every word from Khmer ខ្សាច់ →
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