Where does “núm vú giả” come from?

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

núm vú giả (Vietnamese): pacifier

Definitions

  1. pacifier

Ancestry of “núm vú giả”, step by step

núm vú giả traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese núm vú

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenúm vúnipple
2Vietnamesevụseason; case, affair; specialized department...
3Chinese務—
4Sino-Tibetan*mow—

via Vietnamese giá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiáprice; bean sprouts; shelf
2Proto-Vietick-raː—
3Proto-Mon-Khmerkraʔroad, way
Every word from Sino-Tibetan *mow →Every word from Chinese 務 →Every word from Vietnamese vụ →