Where does “dòng họ” come from?

dòng họ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đồng, from Vietnamese đất, from Proto-Vietic tət.

dòng họ (Vietnamese): clan; the entire family

Definitions

  1. clan; the entire family

Ancestry of “dòng họ”, step by step

dòng họ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đồng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđồngfield; medium; sorcerer; copper
2Vietnameseđấtearth; soil; dirt; land
3Proto-Vietictət

via Vietnamese hồ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehồlake; glue
2Chinese
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanm/s-k(w)a-jmouth; opening; mouth; opening; spread; door;...
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