Where does “cứng họng” come from?

cứng họng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese hồng, from Proto-Vietic -hɔːŋʔ.

cứng họng (Vietnamese): speechless; tongue-tied; dumbstruck

Definitions

  1. speechless; tongue-tied; dumbstruck

Ancestry of “cứng họng”, step by step

cứng họng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese hồng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehồngpink; red; persimmon
2Proto-Vietic-hɔːŋʔ—

via Vietnamese cùng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecùngthe end, limit; with; and
2Middle Chinese宮—
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