Where does “cồng chiêng” come from?

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

cồng chiêng (Vietnamese): a gong

Definitions

  1. a gong

Ancestry of “cồng chiêng”, step by step

cồng chiêng 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 chiêng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechiênggong
Every word from Proto-Athabaskan *qʊ̓nʼ →