Where does “giun đũa” come from?

giun đũa (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese giun, from Proto-Vietic p-luːn, from Proto-Mon-Khmer (b)ruun.

giun đũa (Vietnamese): giant roundworm

Definitions

  1. giant roundworm

Ancestry of “giun đũa”, step by step

giun đũa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese giun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiuna worm
2Proto-Vieticp-luːnearthworm
3Proto-Mon-Khmer(b)ruun—

via Vietnamese đũa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđũaa chopstick; a wand
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer (b)ruun →Every word from Proto-Vietic p-luːn →Every word from Vietnamese giun →