Where does “mực quỷ” come from?

mực quỷ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mực, from Chinese 墨 — ink.

mực quỷ (Vietnamese): vampire squid

Definitions

  1. vampire squid

Ancestry of “mực quỷ”, step by step

mực quỷ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mực

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemựcink; squid; Short for dây mực
2Chinese墨ink

via Vietnamese Quý

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseQuýthe tenth heavenly stem
2FrenchquAlternative spelling of ku
Every word from Chinese 墨 →