Where does “cát kết” come from?

cát kết (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cát, from Proto-Vietic t-kaːc, from Proto-Mon-Khmer ksac — sand.

cát kết (Vietnamese): sandstone

Definitions

  1. sandstone

Ancestry of “cát kết”, step by step

cát kết traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cát

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecátsand; grain
2Proto-Vietict-kaːcsand
3Proto-Mon-Khmerksacsand

via Vietnamese kết

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekếtto plait, to tie in knots; to have a crush on...
2Middle Chinese結—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ksac →Every word from Proto-Vietic t-kaːc →Every word from Vietnamese cát →