Where does “nước sôi” come from?

nước sôi (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese nước, from Proto-Vietic ɗaːk, from Proto-Mon-Khmer ɗaak — water; liquid; The sense of "river, stream" that...

nước sôi (Vietnamese): boiling water; boiled water; out of my way

Definitions

  1. boiling water; boiled water; out of my way

Ancestry of “nước sôi”, step by step

nước sôi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese nước

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenướcwater; liquid; fluid; the liquid part of a broth
2Proto-Vieticɗaːkwater, liquid
3Proto-Mon-Khmerɗaakwater; liquid; The sense of "river, stream" that...

via Vietnamese sôi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesôibe boiling; be boiled
2Proto-Vietict-ruːjto boil; boiling
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ɗaak →Every word from Proto-Vietic ɗaːk →Every word from Vietnamese nước →