Where does “khỉ đột” come from?

khỉ đột (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese khí, from Proto-Vietic kʰih.

khỉ đột (Vietnamese): a gorilla (a kind of ground-dwelling great ape)

Definitions

  1. a gorilla (a kind of ground-dwelling great ape)

Ancestry of “khỉ đột”, step by step

khỉ đột traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese khí

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnamesekhíClipping of không khí; gas; chi
2Proto-Vietickʰih—

via Vietnamese đột

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđộtto sew, to stitch
2Chinese突—
Every word from Proto-Vietic kʰih →Every word from Vietnamese khí →
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