Where does “cỏ” come from?
cỏ (Vietnamese) comes from Middle Vietnamese 𦹵, from Proto-Vietic kɔh — grass.
cỏ (Vietnamese): grass; negligible
Ancestry of “cỏ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Vietnamese | 𦹵 | grass |
| 2 | Proto-Vietic | kɔh | grass |