Where does “chôn sống” come from?

chôn sống (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese sống, from Proto-Vietic k-roːŋʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer ruŋʔ.

chôn sống (Vietnamese): to bury alive

Definitions

  1. to bury alive

Ancestry of “chôn sống”, step by step

chôn sống traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese sống

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesốnga spine; to live; living
2Proto-Vietick-roːŋʔback of the blade; alive; raw
3Proto-Mon-Khmerruŋʔ—

via Vietnamese chôn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechônto bury; to inter
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ruŋʔ →Every word from Proto-Vietic k-roːŋʔ →Every word from Vietnamese sống →