Where does “muôn thú” come from?

muôn thú (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese muông thú, from Vietnamese thứ, from Chinese 首, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *qV-luʔ — head.

muôn thú (Vietnamese): Eggcorn of muông thú

Definitions

  1. Eggcorn of muông thú

Ancestry of “muôn thú”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemuông thúanimals
2Vietnamesethứinferior in quality, second, second vice, under;...
3Chinese首neck
4Proto-Sino-Tibetan*qV-luʔhead
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *qV-luʔ →Every word from Chinese 首 →Every word from Vietnamese thứ →