Where does “lưng” come from?
lưng (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic k-ləŋ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer t₁lan — python.
lưng (Vietnamese): back
Ancestry of “lưng”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Vietic | k-ləŋ | back |
| 2 | Proto-Mon-Khmer | t₁lan | python |