Where does “ເຄື່ອງບິນ” come from?

ເຄື່ອງບິນ (Lao) comes from Lao ບິນ, from Proto-Tai ɓilᴬ — to fly.

ເຄື່ອງບິນ (Lao): airplane

Definitions

  1. airplane

Ancestry of “ເຄື່ອງບິນ”, step by step

ເຄື່ອງບິນ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lao ບິນ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoບິນto fly
2Proto-Taiɓilᴬto fly

via Lao ເຄື່ອງ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoເຄື່ອງthing; device
Every word from Proto-Tai ɓilᴬ →Every word from Lao ບິນ →