Where does “gươm giáo” come from?

gươm giáo (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese giáo, from Middle Chinese 交.

gươm giáo (Vietnamese): melee weapon

Definitions

  1. melee weapon

Ancestry of “gươm giáo”, step by step

gươm giáo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese giáo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiáolance, spear; to teach, to educate; religion
2Middle Chinese交—

via Vietnamese gươm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnamesegươmSynonym of kiếm
2Proto-Vietict-kɨəm—
Every word from Middle Chinese 交 →Every word from Vietnamese giáo →
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