Where does “bói” come from?

bói (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Mon-Khmer pul.

bói (Vietnamese): to tell fortunes, to divine, to take an augury

Definitions

  1. to tell fortunes, to divine, to take an augury

Ancestry of “bói”, step by step

bói traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Mon-Khmer pul

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Mon-Khmerpul—

via Proto-Mon-Khmer puul

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Mon-Khmerpuul—

via Proto-Mon-Khmer puəl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Mon-Khmerpuəl—

Words derived from “bói”

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer pul →