Where does “hở hàm ếch” come from?

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

hở hàm ếch (Vietnamese): having cleft palate

Definitions

  1. having cleft palate

Ancestry of “hở hàm ếch”, step by step

hở hàm ếch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese hồ

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

via Vietnamese hàm ếch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehàm ếchpalate
2Vietnameseếcha frog
3Proto-Vieticʔeːkfrog
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