Where does “cọng sả” come from?

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

cọng sả (Vietnamese): lemongrass stalk

Definitions

  1. lemongrass stalk

Ancestry of “cọng sả”, step by step

cọng sả 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 sa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesato fall (especially from the sky); to drop down; to prolapse
2Chinese紗—
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *qʊ̓nʼ →