Where does “ຫຸ່ງ” come from?
ຫຸ່ງ (Lao) comes from Khmer ល្ហុង, from Proto-Mon-Khmer lhuŋ — papaya.
ຫຸ່ງ (Lao): papaya
Ancestry of “ຫຸ່ງ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Khmer | ល្ហុង | papaya; castor oil plant; kind of hollyhock |
| 2 | Proto-Mon-Khmer | lhuŋ | papaya |
Words derived from “ຫຸ່ງ”