Where does “clây-mo” come from?

clây-mo (Vietnamese) comes from English Claymore, from Scottish Gaelic claidheamh-mòr.

clây-mo (Vietnamese): Claymore anti-personnel mine

Definitions

  1. Claymore anti-personnel mine

Ancestry of “clây-mo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishClaymoreAn American-made anti-personnel mine designed to lay down a wide arc of steel ball bearings in order to inflict casualties
2Scottish Gaelicclaidheamh-mòr—
Every word from Scottish Gaelic claidheamh-mòr →Every word from English Claymore →