Where does “nhà máy lọc dầu” come from?

nhà máy lọc dầu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese nhà máy, from Vietnamese máy, from Proto-Vietic miː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer miiʔ.

nhà máy lọc dầu (Vietnamese): oil refinery

Definitions

  1. oil refinery

Ancestry of “nhà máy lọc dầu”, step by step

nhà máy lọc dầu traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese nhà máy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhà máyfactory, plant
2Vietnamesemáymachine; engine; internal combustion engine
3Proto-Vieticmiː
4Proto-Mon-Khmermiiʔ

via Vietnamese lọc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselọcto filter, to purify, to cleanse; filtered,...
2Middle Chinese

via Vietnamese dầu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesedầuoil; "Dipterocarpus"
2Middle Chinese
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer miiʔEvery word from Proto-Vietic miːEvery word from Vietnamese máy