Where does “gạo cội” come from?

gạo cội (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese gạo, from Proto-Vietic -kaːwʔ — cotton tree.

gạo cội (Vietnamese): skilled and highly experienced

Definitions

  1. skilled and highly experienced

Ancestry of “gạo cội”, step by step

gạo cội traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese gạo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegạocotton tree; rice
2Proto-Vietic-kaːwʔcotton tree

via Vietnamese cối

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecốia mortar; the container of a rice mill; a rice...
2Proto-Vietict-koːlʔrice mortar
Every word from Proto-Vietic -kaːwʔ →Every word from Vietnamese gạo →
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