Where does “hươu xạ” come from?

hươu xạ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese xã, from Japanese 捨.

hươu xạ (Vietnamese): musk deer

Definitions

  1. musk deer

Ancestry of “hươu xạ”, step by step

hươu xạ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese xã

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnamesexãBasic rural administrative unit in Vietnam, part...
2Japanese捨—

via Vietnamese hươu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehươua deer
Every word from Japanese 捨 →Every word from Vietnamese xã →