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
Ancestry of “mọt sách”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | mọt | weevil |
| 2 | Proto-Vietic | k-mɔːc | — |
| 3 | Proto-Mon-Khmer | kmuət | — |