Where does “dấu ngoặc kép” come from?

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

dấu ngoặc kép (Vietnamese): double quotation marks ("); double quotes

Definitions

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Ancestry of “dấu ngoặc kép”, step by step

dấu ngoặc kép traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese dấu

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

via Vietnamese kép

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseképa male singer in chèo; a man who play instrument...

via Vietnamese ngoặc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengoặca hook
Every word from Proto-Vietic k-toːʔ