Where does “buầng” come from?

buầng (Middle Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic bɔːŋ, from Proto-Vietic buːŋʔ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan poŋ, from Proto-Great Andamanese *pəŋ.

Ancestry of “buầng”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vieticbɔːŋbunch
2Proto-Vieticbuːŋʔ—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanpoŋraft; float
4Proto-Great Andamanese*pəŋ—
Every word from Proto-Great Andamanese *pəŋ →Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan poŋ →Every word from Proto-Vietic buːŋʔ →