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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | con đường | road; way; path; route |
| 2 | Vietnamese | con | child; a small thing; I/me, your child |
| 3 | Proto-Vietic | kɔːn | child |
| 4 | Proto-Mon-Khmer | kuun | child |