Where does “chuột túi” come from?
chuột túi (Vietnamese) comes from Chinese 袋鼠, from Japanese 鼠, from Japanese nezumi.
chuột túi (Vietnamese): kangaroo
Ancestry of “chuột túi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Chinese | 袋鼠 | kangaroo |
| 2 | Japanese | 鼠 | a mouse or a rat; general term for members of... |
| 3 | Japanese | nezumi | — |