Where does “Bến Cát” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Bến Cát”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Bến Cát”

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ksac →Every word from Proto-Vietic t-kaːc →Every word from Vietnamese cát →