Where does “máy lạnh” come from?

máy lạnh (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Lạnh, from French lin, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

máy lạnh (Vietnamese): an air conditioner

Definitions

  1. an air conditioner

Ancestry of “máy lạnh”, step by step

máy lạnh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Lạnh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseLạnh—
2Frenchlinlinen; flax
3Latinlīnumflax
4Proto-Italiclīnom—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

via Vietnamese máy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemáymachine; engine; internal combustion engine
2Proto-Vieticmiː—
3Proto-Mon-Khmermiiʔ—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →Every word from Proto-Italic līnom →Every word from Latin līnum →