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Where does “Con đường tơ lụa” come from?

Con đường tơ lụa (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese con đường, from Vietnamese con, from Proto-Vietic kɔːn, from Proto-Mon-Khmer kuun — child.

Ancestry of “Con đường tơ lụa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecon đườngroad; way; path; route
2Vietnameseconchild; a small thing; I/me, your child
3Proto-Vietickɔːnchild
4Proto-Mon-Khmerkuunchild
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