Where does “bú” come from?

bú (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic buːʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer ʔbuuʔ — to suck at the breast, to suckle.

bú (Vietnamese): to suck to consume milk

Definitions

  1. to suck to consume milk

Ancestry of “bú”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vieticbuːʔ—
2Proto-Mon-Khmerʔbuuʔto suck at the breast, to suckle

Words derived from “bú”

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ʔbuuʔ →Every word from Proto-Vietic buːʔ →