Where does “bút chì màu” come from?

bút chì màu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese máu, from Proto-Celtic *māyūs, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

bút chì màu (Vietnamese): colored pencil

Definitions

  1. colored pencil

Ancestry of “bút chì màu”, step by step

bút chì màu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese máu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemáublood; an inherent trait; health
2Proto-Celtic*māyūs—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

via Vietnamese bút chì

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebút chìa pencil
2Japanese鉛筆a pencil
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →Every word from Proto-Celtic *māyūs →Every word from Vietnamese máu →