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Where does “gỗ” come from?

gỗ (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Mon-Khmer g(uə)h — to knock.

gỗ (Vietnamese): to knock; to rap; to percuss; to type

Definitions

  1. to knock; to rap; to percuss; to type

Ancestry of “gỗ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Mon-Khmerg(uə)hto knock
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer g(uə)h →