Where does “giày ống” come from?

giày ống (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese ông, from Proto-Vietic ʔɔːŋ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer ʔuŋ — wasp; hornet.

giày ống (Vietnamese): boot

Definitions

  1. boot

Ancestry of “giày ống”, step by step

giày ống traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese ông

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseônggrandfather; grandpa; Sir; Mr; you, my...
2Proto-Vieticʔɔːŋhoney bee
3Proto-Mon-Khmerʔuŋwasp; hornet

via Vietnamese giày

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiàya non-sock, non-stockings piece of footwear that...
2Middle Chinese鞋—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ʔuŋ →Every word from Proto-Vietic ʔɔːŋ →Every word from Vietnamese ông →