Where does “បូប៊ីន” come from?

បូប៊ីន (Khmer) comes from French bobine, from Latin balbus, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.

បូប៊ីន (Khmer): coil

Definitions

  1. coil

Ancestry of “បូប៊ីន”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbobinebobbin; reel, spool; drum
2Latinbalbusstammering, stuttering; lisping; fumbling
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbalb-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European balb- →Every word from Latin balbus →Every word from French bobine →