Where does “mục” come from?

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

mục (Vietnamese): rotten, decaying, decayed; an item; an entry

Definitions

  1. rotten, decaying, decayed; an item; an entry

Ancestry of “mục”, step by step

mục traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Mon-Khmer ɓuk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Mon-Khmerɓuk—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuhəkhair
3Proto-AustronesianbukəShair

via Japanese 目

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese目an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger...
2Middle Chinese目—

Words derived from “mục”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian bukəS →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buhək →Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ɓuk →