Where does “lửng chó” come from?

lửng chó (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese lưng, from Proto-Vietic k-ləŋ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer t₁lan — python.

lửng chó (Vietnamese): raccoon dog, tanuki

Definitions

  1. raccoon dog, tanuki

Ancestry of “lửng chó”, step by step

lửng chó traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese lưng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselưngback
2Proto-Vietick-ləŋback
3Proto-Mon-Khmert₁lanpython

via Vietnamese chó

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechóa dog; a bitch
2Proto-Vieticʔa-cɔːʔdog
3Proto-Mon-Khmercɔʔdog
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer t₁lan →Every word from Proto-Vietic k-ləŋ →Every word from Vietnamese lưng →