Where does “công ơn” come from?

công ơn (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Công, from Proto-Mon-Khmer koŋ, from Proto-Athabaskan *qʊ̓nʼ — fire.

công ơn (Vietnamese): service; good turn; merit; desert

Definitions

  1. service; good turn; merit; desert

Ancestry of “công ơn”, step by step

công ơn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Công

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseCông—
2Proto-Mon-Khmerkoŋto bend; to be bent; be bent
3Proto-Athabaskan*qʊ̓nʼfire

via Vietnamese ơn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseơnfavor
2Middle Chinese恩—
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *qʊ̓nʼ →