Where does “ໝາກຫຸ່ງ” come from?
ໝາກຫຸ່ງ (Lao) comes from Lao ຫຸ່ງ, from Khmer ល្ហុង, from Proto-Mon-Khmer lhuŋ — papaya.
ໝາກຫຸ່ງ (Lao): papaya
Ancestry of “ໝາກຫຸ່ງ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Lao | ຫຸ່ງ | papaya |
| 2 | Khmer | ល្ហុង | papaya; castor oil plant; kind of hollyhock |
| 3 | Proto-Mon-Khmer | lhuŋ | papaya |