Where does “lửng mật” come from?

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

lửng mật (Vietnamese): honey badger

Definitions

  1. honey badger

Ancestry of “lửng mật”, step by step

lửng mật traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese lưng

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

via Vietnamese mật

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemậthoney; concentrated sugarcane juice; molasses;...
2Middle Chinese密—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer t₁lan →Every word from Proto-Vietic k-ləŋ →Every word from Vietnamese lưng →