Where does “gò” come from?

gò (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Mon-Khmer tkɔɔʔ — island.

gò (Vietnamese): mound, knoll; to bend, to curve

Definitions

  1. mound, knoll; to bend, to curve

Ancestry of “gò”, step by step

gò traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Mon-Khmer tkɔɔʔ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Mon-Khmertkɔɔʔisland

via Proto-Mon-Khmer g(uə)h

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Mon-Khmerg(uə)hto knock

Words derived from “gò”

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer tkɔɔʔ →