Where does “kêu” come from?

kêu (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic keːw — to call.

kêu (Vietnamese): to call, to cry; call

Definitions

  1. to call, to cry; call

Ancestry of “kêu”, step by step

kêu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Vietic keːw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vietickeːwto call

via Middle Chinese 叫

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese叫—

Words derived from “kêu”

Every word from Proto-Vietic keːw →