Where does “Phuong” come from?

Phuong (French) comes from Vietnamese Phương, from Chinese 方, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan poŋ, from Proto-Great Andamanese *pəŋ.

Ancestry of “Phuong”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnamesePhương
2Chinese
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanpoŋraft; float
4Proto-Great Andamanese*pəŋ
Every word from Proto-Great Andamanese *pəŋEvery word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan poŋEvery word from Chinese
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