Where does “dấu chấm nhễu” come from?

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

dấu chấm nhễu (Vietnamese): an exclamation mark

Definitions

  1. an exclamation mark

Ancestry of “dấu chấm nhễu”, step by step

dấu chấm nhễu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese dấu chấm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesedấu chấma period; full stop; full point; dot (a kind of punctuation mark)
2Vietnamesedấumark, sign; diacritic; tone
3Proto-Vietick-toːʔtrace, footprint

via Vietnamese nhễu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhễuto trickle down
Every word from Proto-Vietic k-toːʔ →