Where does “mụn nhọt” come from?

mụn nhọt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mùn, from Proto-Vietic ɓuːɲ — ashes.

mụn nhọt (Vietnamese): pimple

Definitions

  1. pimple

Ancestry of “mụn nhọt”, step by step

mụn nhọt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mùn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemùnhumus; dust, particle
2Proto-Vieticɓuːɲashes

via Vietnamese nhọt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhọtboil, furuncle
Every word from Proto-Vietic ɓuːɲ →