Where does “chợ đêm” come from?

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

chợ đêm (Vietnamese): night market

Definitions

  1. night market

Ancestry of “chợ đêm”, step by step

chợ đêm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chó

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

via Vietnamese đêm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđêmnight; nighttime
2Proto-Vieticteːmnight
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer cɔʔ →Every word from Proto-Vietic ʔa-cɔːʔ →Every word from Vietnamese chó →
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