Where does “mọt sách” come from?

mọt sách (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mọt, from Proto-Vietic k-mɔːc, from Proto-Mon-Khmer kmuət.

mọt sách (Vietnamese): bookworm

Definitions

  1. bookworm

Ancestry of “mọt sách”, step by step

mọt sách traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mọt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemọtweevil
2Proto-Vietick-mɔːc—
3Proto-Mon-Khmerkmuət—

via Vietnamese sách

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesáchbook
2Chinese冊—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer kmuət →Every word from Proto-Vietic k-mɔːc →Every word from Vietnamese mọt →