Where does “máy chiếu hình” come from?

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

máy chiếu hình (Vietnamese): a projector; an optical device that projects a beam of light, especially one used to project an image (or moving images) onto a screen

Definitions

  1. a projector; an optical device that projects a beam of light, especially one used to project an image (or moving images) onto a screen

Ancestry of “máy chiếu hình”, step by step

máy chiếu hình traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese máy chiếu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemáy chiếua projector; an optical device that projects a beam of light, especially one used to project an image (or moving images) onto a screen
2Vietnamesemáymachine; engine; internal combustion engine
3Proto-Vieticmiː—
4Proto-Mon-Khmermiiʔ—

via Vietnamese hình

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehìnhimage; a figure or a silhouette; a photo; a...
2Chinese型—
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