Where does “chợ nổi” come from?

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

chợ nổi (Vietnamese): floating market

Definitions

  1. floating market

Ancestry of “chợ nổi”, step by step

chợ nổi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chó

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

via Vietnamese nói

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenóito speak, to talk, to say, to tell
2Chinese內—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer cɔʔ →Every word from Proto-Vietic ʔa-cɔːʔ →Every word from Vietnamese chó →