Where does “chuột cống” come from?

chuột cống (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Công, from Proto-Mon-Khmer koŋ, from Proto-Athabaskan *qʊ̓nʼ — fire.

chuột cống (Vietnamese): a rat

Definitions

  1. a rat

Ancestry of “chuột cống”, step by step

chuột cống traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Công

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseCông—
2Proto-Mon-Khmerkoŋto bend; to be bent; be bent
3Proto-Athabaskan*qʊ̓nʼfire

via Vietnamese chuột

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechuộta rat, a mouse or the like; biceps; a starter
2Proto-Vietick-ɟɔːtsquirrel
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