Where does “quan voi” come from?
quan voi (Middle Vietnamese) comes from Middle Vietnamese voi, from Proto-Vietic -vɔːj — elephant.
quan voi (Middle Vietnamese): mahout
Ancestry of “quan voi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Vietnamese | voi | elephant |
| 2 | Proto-Vietic | -vɔːj | elephant |