Where does “chờ đợi” come from?

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

chờ đợi (Vietnamese): to wait; to await

Definitions

  1. to wait; to await

Ancestry of “chờ đợi”, step by step

chờ đợi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chó

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

via Vietnamese đợi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđợito wait for, to await
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer cɔʔ →Every word from Proto-Vietic ʔa-cɔːʔ →Every word from Vietnamese chó →