Where does “bơi chó” come from?

bơi chó (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese chó, from Proto-Vietic ʔa-cɔːʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer cɔʔ — dog.

bơi chó (Vietnamese): to dog paddle; to swim in the dog paddle style

Definitions

  1. to dog paddle; to swim in the dog paddle style

Ancestry of “bơi chó”, step by step

bơi chó traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chó

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechóa dog; a bitch
2Proto-Vieticʔa-cɔːʔdog
3Proto-Mon-Khmercɔʔdog

via Vietnamese bơi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebơito swim; to row a boat
2Proto-Vieticpǝːj—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer cɔʔ →Every word from Proto-Vietic ʔa-cɔːʔ →Every word from Vietnamese chó →