Where does “cuốc chĩa” come from?

cuốc chĩa (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cuốc, from French course, from Old French cours, from Latin cursus, from Latin currō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.

cuốc chĩa (Vietnamese): a double hoe (combined hoe and pitchfork)

Definitions

  1. a double hoe (combined hoe and pitchfork)

Ancestry of “cuốc chĩa”, step by step

cuốc chĩa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cuốc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecuốcswamphen; hoe; to hoe
2Frenchcourserun, running; race; errand
3Old Frenchcoursroute; course; way
4LatincursusThe act of running; race; Course, way, passage,...
5Latincurrōto run
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
8Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army

via Vietnamese chìa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnamesechìaShort for chìa khoá; to extend; to hold out
2Chinesespoon
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ker-