Where does “chèo thuyền” come from?

chèo thuyền (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese thuyền, from Chinese 船, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan m-lawŋ — boat.

chèo thuyền (Vietnamese): rowing

Definitions

  1. rowing

Ancestry of “chèo thuyền”, step by step

chèo thuyền traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese thuyền

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethuyềna boat; a wooden ship
2Chinese船—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanm-lawŋboat

via Vietnamese cheo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecheochevrotain; mouse deer (of the family Tragulidae)
2Proto-Vietict-rɛːwchevrotain
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan m-lawŋ →Every word from Chinese 船 →Every word from Vietnamese thuyền →
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