Where does “bình vôi” come from?

bình vôi (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vôi, from Proto-Vietic k-puːr, from Proto-Mon-Khmer knpur — lime.

bình vôi (Vietnamese): lime-pot, a household appliance which contains lime for betel chewing

Definitions

  1. lime-pot, a household appliance which contains lime for betel chewing

Ancestry of “bình vôi”, step by step

bình vôi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese vôi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevôilime
2Proto-Vietick-puːrlime
3Proto-Mon-Khmerknpurlime

via Vietnamese Bình

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseBình—
2Middle Chinese平—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer knpur →Every word from Proto-Vietic k-puːr →Every word from Vietnamese vôi →