Where does “dấu móc” come from?

dấu móc (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese móc, from Proto-Vietic ɓɔːk, from Proto-Mon-Khmer dɓɔk.

dấu móc (Vietnamese): horn (̛), diacritic used to write the unrounded vowels ư and ơ in Vietnamese orthography

Definitions

  1. horn (̛), diacritic used to write the unrounded vowels ư and ơ in Vietnamese orthography

Ancestry of “dấu móc”, step by step

dấu móc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese móc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemóchook, crotchet, clasp; to hook; to draw out with...
2Proto-Vieticɓɔːk—
3Proto-Mon-Khmerdɓɔk—

via Vietnamese dấu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesedấumark, sign; diacritic; tone
2Proto-Vietick-toːʔtrace, footprint
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer dɓɔk →Every word from Proto-Vietic ɓɔːk →Every word from Vietnamese móc →