Where does “ໝາກຫຸ່ງ” come from?

ໝາກຫຸ່ງ (Lao) comes from Lao ຫຸ່ງ, from Khmer ល្ហុង, from Proto-Mon-Khmer lhuŋ — papaya.

ໝາກຫຸ່ງ (Lao): papaya

Definitions

  1. papaya

Ancestry of “ໝາກຫຸ່ງ”, step by step

ໝາກຫຸ່ງ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lao ຫຸ່ງ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoຫຸ່ງpapaya
2Khmerល្ហុងpapaya; castor oil plant; kind of hollyhock
3Proto-Mon-Khmerlhuŋpapaya

via Lao ໝາກ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoໝາກnut, fruit
2Proto-Taiʰmaːkᴰfruit
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