Where does “dấu trăng” come from?

dấu trăng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese trắng, from Proto-Vietic k-laŋʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer klaŋʔ.

dấu trăng (Vietnamese): breve semicircular diacritical mark

Definitions

  1. breve semicircular diacritical mark

Ancestry of “dấu trăng”, step by step

dấu trăng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese trắng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetrắngwhite; pale
2Proto-Vietick-laŋʔwhite
3Proto-Mon-Khmerklaŋʔ—

via Vietnamese dấu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesedấumark, sign; diacritic; tone
2Proto-Vietick-toːʔtrace, footprint
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer klaŋʔ →