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
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | dấu | mark, sign; diacritic; tone |
| 2 | Proto-Vietic | k-toːʔ | trace, footprint |
via Vietnamese chấm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | chấm | dot, point; to dip |