Where does “củi” come from?

củi (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic guːs, from Proto-Mon-Khmer ( )ʔus — firewood.

củi (Vietnamese): firewood

Definitions

  1. firewood

Ancestry of “củi”, step by step

củi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Vietic guːs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vieticguːs
2Proto-Mon-Khmer( )ʔusfirewood

via Proto-Vietic kuːs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vietickuːsfire; firewood
2Proto-Mon-Khmer( )ʔuus

Words derived from “củi

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ( )ʔusEvery word from Proto-Vietic guːs