Etymograph

English

Northern Khmer

From northern + Khmer.

A compound of northern + Khmer

Proto-Indo-European *nér ‘under’

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Proto-Germanic *nurþrōnijaz

Proto-West Germanic *norþrōnī ‘northern’

Old English norþerne

Middle English northerne

English northern

okz-pre ក្មេរ៑ ‘Khmer, member of the Khmer ethnolinguistic group’

xhm ខ្មេរ

Khmer ខ្មែរ

English Khmer

Today it means

name A dialect of Khmer, which uses a different writing system than Central Khmer.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Northern Khmer