Where does “bao” come from?
bao (Vietnamese) comes from Chinese 豹, from Chinese 駁, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *prawk.
bao (Vietnamese): a leopard; a spotted panther; a jaguar or a snow...
Definitions
- a leopard; a spotted panther; a jaguar or a snow...
Ancestry of “bao”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Chinese | 豹 | — |
| 2 | Chinese | 駁 | — |
| 3 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | *prawk | — |