Where does “heo đất” come from?

heo đất (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đất, from Proto-Vietic tət.

heo đất (Vietnamese): piggy bank

Definitions

  1. piggy bank

Ancestry of “heo đất”, step by step

heo đất traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đất

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđấtearth; soil; dirt; land
2Proto-Vietictət—

via Vietnamese héo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehéoto wither
2Proto-Vietichɛːwʔ—
Every word from Proto-Vietic tət →Every word from Vietnamese đất →
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