Where does “gái” come from?

gái (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic t-keː — thorn.

gái (Vietnamese): girls and women; whores; female

Definitions

  1. girls and women; whores; female

Ancestry of “gái”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vietict-keːthorn

Words derived from “gái

Every word from Proto-Vietic t-keː
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