Where does “cá nóc mít” come from?

cá nóc mít (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mít, from Sanskrit पारमिता — perfection; completeness; paramita.

cá nóc mít (Vietnamese): Somphong's puffer (Carinotetraodon lorteti)

Definitions

  1. Somphong's puffer (Carinotetraodon lorteti)

Ancestry of “cá nóc mít”, step by step

cá nóc mít traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mít

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemítjackfruit; be hermetically closed; thick-headed;...
2Sanskritपारमिताperfection; completeness; paramita

via Vietnamese cá nóc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecá nócmost members in the Tetraodontiformes order; pufferfish
Every word from Sanskrit पारमिताEvery word from Vietnamese mít