Where does “chuối nước” come from?

chuối nước (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese nước, from Proto-Vietic ɗaːk, from Proto-Mon-Khmer ɗaak — water; liquid; The sense of "river, stream" that...

chuối nước (Vietnamese): a banana plant grown mostly underwater

Definitions

  1. a banana plant grown mostly underwater

Ancestry of “chuối nước”, step by step

chuối nước traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese nước

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenướcwater; liquid; fluid; the liquid part of a broth
2Proto-Vieticɗaːkwater, liquid
3Proto-Mon-Khmerɗaakwater; liquid; The sense of "river, stream" that...

via Vietnamese chuối

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechuốibanana
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ɗaakEvery word from Proto-Vietic ɗaːkEvery word from Vietnamese nước
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