Where does “Bến Cát” come from?

Bến Cát (English) comes from Vietnamese Bến Cát, from Vietnamese cát, from Proto-Vietic t-kaːc, from Proto-Mon-Khmer ksac — sand.

Ancestry of “Bến Cát”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseBến Cát—
2Vietnamesecátsand; grain
3Proto-Vietict-kaːcsand
4Proto-Mon-Khmerksacsand
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ksac →Every word from Proto-Vietic t-kaːc →Every word from Vietnamese cát →
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