Where does “giun đất” come from?

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

giun đất (Vietnamese): earthworm

Definitions

  1. earthworm

Ancestry of “giun đất”, step by step

giun đất traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese giun

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

via Vietnamese đất

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđấtearth; soil; dirt; land
2Proto-Vietictət—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer (b)ruun →Every word from Proto-Vietic p-luːn →Every word from Vietnamese giun →