Where does “បូប៊ីន” come from?
បូប៊ីន (Khmer) comes from French bobine, from Latin balbus, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.
បូប៊ីន (Khmer): coil
Ancestry of “បូប៊ីន”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | bobine | bobbin; reel, spool; drum |
| 2 | Latin | balbus | stammering, stuttering; lisping; fumbling |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | balb- | — |