Where does “hố đen” come from?

hố đen (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese hồ, from Chinese 戶, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan m/s-k(w)a-j — mouth; opening; mouth; opening; spread; door;...

hố đen (Vietnamese): black hole

Definitions

  1. black hole

Ancestry of “hố đen”, step by step

hố đen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese hồ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehồlake; glue
2Chinese戶—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanm/s-k(w)a-jmouth; opening; mouth; opening; spread; door;...

via Vietnamese đen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđenof the color black; dark; swarthy; unlucky;...
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan m/s-k(w)a-j →Every word from Chinese 戶 →Every word from Vietnamese hồ →