Where does “bút máy” come from?

bút máy (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese máy, from Proto-Vietic miː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer miiʔ.

bút máy (Vietnamese): fountain pen

Definitions

  1. fountain pen

Ancestry of “bút máy”, step by step

bút máy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese máy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemáymachine; engine; internal combustion engine
2Proto-Vieticmiː—
3Proto-Mon-Khmermiiʔ—

via Vietnamese bút

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebútany piece of equipment used for writing with...
2Hungarian-tUsed to form the accusative case; -ed, -t. Used...
3Proto-Uralic-tt—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer miiʔ →Every word from Proto-Vietic miː →Every word from Vietnamese máy →