Where does “nước” come from?

nước (Middle Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic ɗaːk, from Proto-Mon-Khmer ɗaak — water; liquid; The sense of "river, stream" that...

nước (Middle Vietnamese): water

Definitions

  1. water

Ancestry of “nước”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vieticɗaːkwater, liquid
2Proto-Mon-Khmerɗaakwater; liquid; The sense of "river, stream" that...
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ɗaak →Every word from Proto-Vietic ɗaːk →
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