Where does “dẽ giun” come from?

dẽ giun (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese giun, from Proto-Vietic p-luːn, from Proto-Mon-Khmer (b)ruun.

dẽ giun (Vietnamese): sandpiper (a shorebird of the family Scolopacidae)

Definitions

  1. sandpiper (a shorebird of the family Scolopacidae)

Ancestry of “dẽ giun”, step by step

dẽ giun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese giun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiuna worm
2Proto-Vieticp-luːnearthworm
3Proto-Mon-Khmer(b)ruun—

via Vietnamese dẽ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesedẽcurlew
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer (b)ruun →Every word from Proto-Vietic p-luːn →Every word from Vietnamese giun →