Where does “chìa vôi” come from?

chìa vôi (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vôi, from Proto-Vietic k-puːr, from Proto-Mon-Khmer knpur — lime.

chìa vôi (Vietnamese): a tool for spreading lime on a betel leaf

Definitions

  1. a tool for spreading lime on a betel leaf

Ancestry of “chìa vôi”, step by step

chìa vôi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese vôi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevôilime
2Proto-Vietick-puːrlime
3Proto-Mon-Khmerknpurlime

via Vietnamese chìa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnamesechìaShort for chìa khoá; to extend; to hold out
2Chinese匙spoon
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer knpur →