Where does “chó đốm” come from?

chó đốm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese chó, from Proto-Vietic ʔa-cɔːʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer cɔʔ — dog.

chó đốm (Vietnamese): Dalmatian (breed of dog)

Definitions

  1. Dalmatian (breed of dog)

Ancestry of “chó đốm”, step by step

chó đốm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chó

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechóa dog; a bitch
2Proto-Vieticʔa-cɔːʔdog
3Proto-Mon-Khmercɔʔdog

via Vietnamese đóm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđómfirefly
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer cɔʔ →Every word from Proto-Vietic ʔa-cɔːʔ →Every word from Vietnamese chó →