Where does “cảng” come from?

cảng (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Tai *kaːŋꟲ, from Middle Chinese 鯁.

cảng (Vietnamese): port, harbor

Definitions

  1. port, harbor

Ancestry of “cảng”, step by step

cảng traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Tai *kaːŋꟲ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Tai*kaːŋꟲ—
2Middle Chinese鯁—

via Chinese 港

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese港—

via Chinese 更

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese更—

Words derived from “cảng”

Every word from Middle Chinese 鯁 →Every word from Proto-Tai *kaːŋꟲ →