Where does “តំបន់បង្កប់មីន” come from?
តំបន់បង្កប់មីន (Khmer) comes from Khmer មីន, from French mine, from Breton min, from Italian mina, from Latin mina, from Gaulish mēnā, from Proto-Celtic *meinis, from Proto-Indo-European mēy(H)nis — to cut, hew.
តំបន់បង្កប់មីន (Khmer): minefield
Definitions
- minefield
Ancestry of “តំបន់បង្កប់មីន”, step by step
តំបន់បង្កប់មីន traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Khmer មីន
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | មីន | fish; land mine |
| 2 | French | mine | mine; pencil lead; piledriver, scorcher |
| 3 | Breton | min | face of an animal; beak, muzzle |
| 4 | Italian | mina | mine, land mine; lead in pencils; mine which... |
| 5 | Latin | mina | A Greek weight equal to 100 drachmas; A Greek... |
| 6 | Gaulish | mēnā | ore, mine |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | *meinis | ore, metal |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy(H)nis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)mēy(H)- | to cut, hew |
via Khmer តំបន់
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | តំបន់ | region, place, district, locality, section, zone, area |
via Khmer បង្កប់
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khmer | បង្កប់ | to bury (in the ground) |