Where does “gốc rễ” come from?

gốc rễ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese gốc, from Proto-Vietic t-koːk — stump.

gốc rễ (Vietnamese): root; origin; source

Definitions

  1. root; origin; source

Ancestry of “gốc rễ”, step by step

gốc rễ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese gốc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegốcfoot; origin; root
2Proto-Vietict-koːkstump

via Vietnamese rễ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameserễroot
Every word from Proto-Vietic t-koːk →Every word from Vietnamese gốc →