Where does “ប្រេងម៉ាស៊ូត” come from?

ប្រេងម៉ាស៊ូត (Khmer) comes from Khmer ម៉ាស៊ូត, from French mazout, from Russian мазу́т — mazut, fuel oil.

ប្រេងម៉ាស៊ូត (Khmer): diesel fuel

Definitions

  1. diesel fuel

Ancestry of “ប្រេងម៉ាស៊ូត”, step by step

ប្រេងម៉ាស៊ូត traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ម៉ាស៊ូត

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerម៉ាស៊ូតdiesel
2Frenchmazoutheating oil; A cocktail made with beer and cola;...
3Russianмазу́тmazut, fuel oil

via Khmer ប្រេង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerប្រេងoil
2Proto-Mon-Khmer*priiŋ—
Every word from Russian мазу́т →