Where does “ផ្លែល្ហុង” come from?

ផ្លែល្ហុង (Khmer) comes from Khmer ផ្លែ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer pləjʔ — fruit.

ផ្លែល្ហុង (Khmer): papaya

Definitions

  1. papaya

Ancestry of “ផ្លែល្ហុង”, step by step

ផ្លែល្ហុង traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ផ្លែ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerផ្លែfruit; outcome, result; blade
2Proto-Mon-Khmerpləjʔfruit

via Khmer ល្ហុង

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerល្ហុងpapaya; castor oil plant; kind of hollyhock
2Proto-Mon-Khmerlhuŋpapaya
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