Where does “giống đực” come from?

giống đực (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese giống, from Proto-Vietic k-coːŋʔ, from Old Chinese 種.

giống đực (Vietnamese): the masculine gender

Definitions

  1. the masculine gender

Ancestry of “giống đực”, step by step

giống đực traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese giống

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiốnga human race; a breed; a cultivar
2Proto-Vietick-coːŋʔseed
3Old Chinese種—

via Vietnamese đực

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđựcmale
Every word from Old Chinese 種 →Every word from Proto-Vietic k-coːŋʔ →Every word from Vietnamese giống →