Where does “biển hồ” come from?

biển hồ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese hồ, from Chinese 戶, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan m/s-k(w)a-j — mouth; opening; mouth; opening; spread; door;...

biển hồ (Vietnamese): large lake (with a vast expanse of water like the sea)

Definitions

  1. large lake (with a vast expanse of water like the sea)

Ancestry of “biển hồ”, step by step

biển hồ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese hồ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehồlake; glue
2Chinese戶—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanm/s-k(w)a-jmouth; opening; mouth; opening; spread; door;...

via Vietnamese biển

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebiểnsea; ocean; sea; sign; signboard; placard; title...
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan m/s-k(w)a-j →Every word from Chinese 戶 →Every word from Vietnamese hồ →