Where does “gạch dưới” come from?

gạch dưới (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese dưới, from Proto-Vietic -taːlʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer kt₁aal — under-surface, under.

gạch dưới (Vietnamese): to underline; to underscore

Definitions

  1. to underline; to underscore

Ancestry of “gạch dưới”, step by step

gạch dưới traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese dưới

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesedướiunder, below
2Proto-Vietic-taːlʔ—
3Proto-Mon-Khmerkt₁aalunder-surface, under

via Vietnamese gạch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegạcha brick; a tile; any punctuation mark that is a...
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer kt₁aal →