The story
- okz · derived fromsneṅ“horn”
- Khmer · borrowed fromស្នែង“horn (of an animal)”
- English todaysneng
Borrowed from Khmer ស្នែង (snaeng, “horn (of an animal)”), from Old Khmer sneṅ (“horn”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
sneng
Today it means: An ox horn or water buffalo horn used by the Khmer people as a musical instrument. It has been used to call for assembly, to summon elephants from the field and by hunters to communicate over great distances. Full definition →
Khmer ស្នែង ← okz sneṅ