Where does “hồ” come from?

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

hồ (Vietnamese): lake; glue

Definitions

  1. lake; glue

Ancestry of “hồ”, step by step

hồ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese

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

via Proto-Vietic hɔː

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vietichɔː

via Chinese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese

Words derived from “hồ

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