Where does “khách” come from?

khách (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic *k-rac, from Old Chinese 鐵.

khách (Vietnamese): visitor, guest; customer; passenger

Definitions

  1. visitor, guest; customer; passenger

Ancestry of “khách”, step by step

khách traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Vietic *k-rac

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vietic*k-rac—
2Old Chinese鐵—

via Chinese 客

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese客guest

Words derived from “khách”

Every word from Old Chinese 鐵 →Every word from Proto-Vietic *k-rac →