Where does “núm vú” come from?

núm vú (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vụ, from Chinese 務, from Sino-Tibetan *mow.

núm vú (Vietnamese): nipple

Definitions

  1. nipple

Ancestry of “núm vú”, step by step

núm vú traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese vụ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevụseason; case, affair; specialized department...
2Chinese務—
3Sino-Tibetan*mow—

via Vietnamese núm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenúmteat
2Proto-Vietic-nuːmʔ—

Words derived from “núm vú”

Every word from Sino-Tibetan *mow →Every word from Chinese 務 →Every word from Vietnamese vụ →