Where does “béo ú” come from?

béo ú (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese béo, from Proto-Vietic pɛːw — leopard, panther.

béo ú (Vietnamese): fat

Definitions

  1. fat

Ancestry of “béo ú”, step by step

béo ú traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese béo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebéofat; fatty; to pinch
2Proto-Vieticpɛːwleopard, panther

via Vietnamese ú

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseúfat
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