Where does “gót chân” come from?

gót chân (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese gót, from Proto-Vietic -kɔːc.

gót chân (Vietnamese): a heel (the posterior round of the foot)

Definitions

  1. a heel (the posterior round of the foot)

Ancestry of “gót chân”, step by step

gót chân traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese gót

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegótheel
2Proto-Vietic-kɔːc

via Vietnamese chân

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechâna foot; a leg; the lowest circumscribing area

Words derived from “gót chân

Every word from Proto-Vietic -kɔːcEvery word from Vietnamese gót