Where does “ốc sên” come from?

ốc sên (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese sên, from French chaîne, from Middle French chaisne, from Old French chaene, from Latin catēna, from Proto-Indo-European kat- — cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...

ốc sên (Vietnamese): land snail

Definitions

  1. land snail

Ancestry of “ốc sên”, step by step

ốc sên traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese sên

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesênslug; chain
2Frenchchaînechain; channel; warp
3Middle Frenchchaisnechain
4Old Frenchchaenechain
5Latincatēnachain
6Proto-Indo-Europeankat-cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...

via Vietnamese ốc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseốca mollusk with a spiral shell; a nut
2Proto-Vieticʔoːksnail
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kat- →Every word from Latin catēna →Every word from Old French chaene →