Where does “cứt mũi” come from?

cứt mũi (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mũi, from Proto-Vietic muːs, from Proto-Mon-Khmer muh — nose.

cứt mũi (Vietnamese): snots mucus

Definitions

  1. snots mucus

Ancestry of “cứt mũi”, step by step

cứt mũi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mũi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemũinose; tip; cape
2Proto-Vieticmuːsnose
3Proto-Mon-Khmermuhnose

via Vietnamese cứt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecứtshit
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer muh →Every word from Proto-Vietic muːs →Every word from Vietnamese mũi →