köken: From Middle High German bevor, bevorn, from Old High German bifora, biforan (“before”, adverb), from Proto-West Germanic *bifuranē. By surface analysis, be- + vor. Cognate with English before.
if not for (if something were not (or had not been) there; in the absence of something; without) · lest (for fear that; that not; in order to prevent something from happening; in case)
köken: From Old Khmer ក្រេង (kreṅa), ក្រេង៑ (kreṅ, “to be fearful, afraid, frightened; to be timid, timorous; etc”). Compare Old Chinese 驚 (OC *kreŋ). Cognate with Thai เกรง (greeng), Lao ເກງ (kēng).
យកអាវក្រាស់ផង ក្រែងរងា yɔɔk ʼaaw krah phɑɑng · kraeng rɔɔrɔngiə Take a coat in case it's cold.