Where does “cá ông chuông” come from?

cá ông chuông (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cá ông, from Vietnamese cá, from French quart, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.

cá ông chuông (Vietnamese): false killer whale

Definitions

  1. false killer whale

Ancestry of “cá ông chuông”, step by step

cá ông chuông traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cá ông

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecá ôngwhale
2Vietnamesecáfish; to bet
3Frenchquartfourth; quarter; shift
4Latinquārtusfourth
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

via Vietnamese chuông

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechuônga bell
2Chinese鐘bell
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos →