Where does “chợ búa” come from?

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

chợ búa (Vietnamese): market

Definitions

  1. market

Ancestry of “chợ búa”, step by step

chợ búa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chó

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

via Vietnamese búa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebúaa hammer
2Middle Chinese府—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer cɔʔ →Every word from Proto-Vietic ʔa-cɔːʔ →Every word from Vietnamese chó →