Where does “mũ cối” come from?

mũ cối (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cối, from Proto-Vietic t-koːlʔ — rice mortar.

mũ cối (Vietnamese): kind of pith helmet

Definitions

  1. kind of pith helmet

Ancestry of “mũ cối”, step by step

mũ cối traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cối

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecốia mortar; the container of a rice mill; a rice...
2Proto-Vietict-koːlʔrice mortar

via Vietnamese mù

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemùblind; blinding
Every word from Proto-Vietic t-koːlʔ →Every word from Vietnamese cối →