Where does “ác” come from?

ác (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic ʔaːk, from Proto-Mon-Khmer kʔaak — crow; to caw.

ác (Vietnamese): cruel; evil; inhumane; merciless; savage; evil

Definitions

  1. cruel; evil; inhumane; merciless; savage; evil

Ancestry of “ác”, step by step

ác traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Vietic ʔaːk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vieticʔaːkcrow
2Proto-Mon-Khmerkʔaakcrow; to caw

via Chinese 惡

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese惡bad
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanʔakbad

Words derived from “ác”

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer kʔaak →Every word from Proto-Vietic ʔaːk →