Where does “mốc meo” come from?

mốc meo (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mốc, from Proto-Mon-Khmer ɓuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buhək, from Proto-Austronesian bukəS — hair.

mốc meo (Vietnamese): moldy

Definitions

  1. moldy

Ancestry of “mốc meo”, step by step

mốc meo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mốc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemốcmould; mouldy; boundary marker; landmark
2Proto-Mon-Khmerɓuk—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuhəkhair
4Proto-AustronesianbukəShair

via Vietnamese mèo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemèocat; meow
Every word from Proto-Austronesian bukəS →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buhək →Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ɓuk →
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