Where does “đất cát” come from?

đất cát (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cát, from Proto-Vietic t-kaːc, from Proto-Mon-Khmer ksac — sand.

đất cát (Vietnamese): sandy soil

Definitions

  1. sandy soil

Ancestry of “đất cát”, step by step

đất cát traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cát

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecátsand; grain
2Proto-Vietict-kaːcsand
3Proto-Mon-Khmerksacsand

via Vietnamese đất

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđấtearth; soil; dirt; land
2Proto-Vietictət—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ksac →Every word from Proto-Vietic t-kaːc →Every word from Vietnamese cát →