Where does “dấu ngoặc nhọn” come from?

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

dấu ngoặc nhọn (Vietnamese): curly brackets ({ {{l|mul|}}})

Definitions

  1. curly brackets ({ {{l|mul|}}})

Ancestry of “dấu ngoặc nhọn”, step by step

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

via Vietnamese dấu

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

via Vietnamese ngoặc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengoặca hook

via Vietnamese nhọn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhọnpointed; pointy
Every word from Proto-Vietic k-toːʔ