Where does “kẹo mút” come from?

kẹo mút (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese kéo, from English Joe, from English joseph, from Hebrew יוֹסֵף — shall add.

kẹo mút (Vietnamese): lollipop

Definitions

  1. lollipop

Ancestry of “kẹo mút”, step by step

kẹo mút traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese kéo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekéoto pull; scissors
2EnglishJoeA male; a guy; a fellow
3EnglishjosephA woman's riding habit worn in the 18th century...
4Hebrewיוֹסֵףshall add

via Proto-Semitic mut-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semiticmut-person, man
Every word from Hebrew יוֹסֵף →Every word from English joseph →Every word from English Joe →