Where does “ổ mắt” come from?

ổ mắt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mắt, from Proto-Vietic mat, from Proto-Mon-Khmer mat — eye.

ổ mắt (Vietnamese): eye socket

Definitions

  1. eye socket

Ancestry of “ổ mắt”, step by step

ổ mắt traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mắt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemắteye
2Proto-Vieticmateye
3Proto-Mon-Khmermateye

via Vietnamese ổ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseổa nest; a space where a lot of beings of the same...
2Proto-Vieticʔuh—

via Chinese 眼窩

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese眼窩eye socket; eye
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer mat →Every word from Proto-Vietic mat →Every word from Vietnamese mắt →
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