Where does “cỏ” come from?

cỏ (Vietnamese) comes from Middle Vietnamese 𦹵, from Proto-Vietic kɔh — grass.

cỏ (Vietnamese): grass; negligible

Definitions

  1. grass; negligible

Ancestry of “cỏ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Vietnamese𦹵grass
2Proto-Vietickɔhgrass
Every word from Proto-Vietic kɔhEvery word from Middle Vietnamese 𦹵