Where does “sắt” come from?

sắt (Middle Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic *k-rac, from Old Chinese 鐵.

sắt (Middle Vietnamese): iron

Definitions

  1. iron

Ancestry of “sắt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vietic*k-rac—
2Old Chinese鐵—
Every word from Old Chinese 鐵 →Every word from Proto-Vietic *k-rac →
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