Where does “khoá” come from?

khoá (Vietnamese) comes from Chinese 課.

khoá (Vietnamese): to lock

Definitions

  1. to lock

Ancestry of “khoá”, step by step

khoá traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 課

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1Chinese課—

via Middle Chinese 科

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1Middle Chinese科—

Words derived from “khoá”

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