Where does “chợ cóc” come from?

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

chợ cóc (Vietnamese): a small makeshift market

Definitions

  1. a small makeshift market

Ancestry of “chợ cóc”, step by step

chợ cóc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chó

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

via Vietnamese cóc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecóca toad; not; no
2Middle Vietnamesecăóc—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer cɔʔ →