Where does “cóc nhảy” come from?

cóc nhảy (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cóc, from Middle Vietnamese căóc.

cóc nhảy (Vietnamese): skippingly

Definitions

  1. skippingly

Ancestry of “cóc nhảy”, step by step

cóc nhảy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cóc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecóca toad; not; no
2Middle Vietnamesecăóc—

via Vietnamese nhảy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhảyto jump, to leap, to dive; to hop; to dance
2Proto-Vieticʄas—
Every word from Middle Vietnamese căóc →