Where does “dấu mũ” come from?

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

dấu mũ (Vietnamese): circumflex accent

Definitions

  1. circumflex accent

Ancestry of “dấu mũ”, step by step

dấu mũ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese dấu

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

via Vietnamese mù

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemùblind; blinding
Every word from Proto-Vietic k-toːʔ →