Where does “cát lún” come from?

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

cát lún (Vietnamese): quicksand

Definitions

  1. quicksand

Ancestry of “cát lún”, step by step

cát lún traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cát

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

via Vietnamese lún

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselúnto subside
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ksac →Every word from Proto-Vietic t-kaːc →Every word from Vietnamese cát →