Where does “muông thú” come from?

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

muông thú (Vietnamese): animals

Definitions

  1. animals

Ancestry of “muông thú”, step by step

muông thú traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese thứ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethứinferior in quality, second, second vice, under;...
2Chinese首neck
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*qV-luʔhead

via Vietnamese muông

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemuônga quadruped
2Proto-Vietict-mɔːŋcivet

Words derived from “muông thú”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *qV-luʔ →Every word from Chinese 首 →Every word from Vietnamese thứ →