Where does “Sao Kim” come from?

Sao Kim (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese kim, from Proto-Vietic kiːm, from Chinese 針.

Sao Kim (Vietnamese): Venus (planet)

Definitions

  1. Venus (planet)

Ancestry of “Sao Kim”, step by step

Sao Kim traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese kim

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekimmetal; Metal, one of the Wu Xing; a needle
2Proto-Vietickiːm—
3Chinese針—

via Vietnamese sao

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesaowhy; problematic, bad; star
2Middle Vietnameseſao—
3Proto-Vietick-raːwstar
Every word from Chinese 針 →Every word from Proto-Vietic kiːm →Every word from Vietnamese kim →