Where does “dấu chấm” come from?

dấu chấm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese dấu, from Proto-Vietic k-toːʔ — trace, footprint.

dấu chấm (Vietnamese): a period; full stop; full point; dot (a kind of punctuation mark)

Definitions

  1. a period; full stop; full point; dot (a kind of punctuation mark)

Ancestry of “dấu chấm”, step by step

dấu chấm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese dấu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesedấumark, sign; diacritic; tone
2Proto-Vietick-toːʔtrace, footprint

via Vietnamese chấm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechấmdot, point; to dip

Words derived from “dấu chấm

Every word from Proto-Vietic k-toːʔ
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