Where does “cổng xoay” come from?

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

cổng xoay (Vietnamese): turnstile rotating mechanical device

Definitions

  1. turnstile rotating mechanical device

Ancestry of “cổng xoay”, step by step

cổng xoay 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 xoáy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesexoáyto swirl, to whirl
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