Where does “gai góc” come from?

gai góc (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese gái, from Proto-Vietic t-keː — thorn.

gai góc (Vietnamese): thorns generally speaking

Definitions

  1. thorns generally speaking

Ancestry of “gai góc”, step by step

gai góc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese gái

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegáigirls and women; whores; female
2Proto-Vietict-keːthorn

via Vietnamese góc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegóccorner; angle
Every word from Proto-Vietic t-keː →Every word from Vietnamese gái →