Where does “bạc” come from?

bạc (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Bác, from Proto-Vietic paːk — uncle.

bạc (Vietnamese): silver; money; made of silver

Definitions

  1. silver; money; made of silver

Ancestry of “bạc”, step by step

bạc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Bác

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseBácI/me, the old Ho Chi Minh; you, the old Ho Chi...
2Proto-Vieticpaːkuncle

via Proto-Vietic baːk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vieticbaːkwhite

Words derived from “bạc”

Every word from Proto-Vietic paːk →Every word from Vietnamese Bác →