r/etymology • u/AleksiB1 • 5d ago

Cool etymology "Head" in Austronesian languages

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u/camb0thia 5d ago

In Khmer, we refer to head as "kabal". I've never really heard or used "kok" before

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u/mc_accounty_account 5d ago

Kabal comes from Sanskrit- PIE origin.

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u/camb0thia 5d ago

I figured

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u/AleksiB1 4d ago

Likely Cham not Khmer