Where does “chân vịt” come from?

chân vịt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vịt, from Proto-Vietic viːt — duck.

chân vịt (Vietnamese): a duck foot

Definitions

  1. a duck foot

Ancestry of “chân vịt”, step by step

chân vịt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese vịt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevịta duck
2Proto-Vieticviːtduck

via Vietnamese chân

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechâna foot; a leg; the lowest circumscribing area
Every word from Proto-Vietic viːt →Every word from Vietnamese vịt →