Where does “ngồi” come from?

ngồi (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic ŋuːj, from Proto-Mon-Khmer ŋguj — to sit down.

ngồi (Vietnamese): to sit

Definitions

  1. to sit

Ancestry of “ngồi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vieticŋuːjto sit
2Proto-Mon-Khmerŋgujto sit down

Words derived from “ngồi”

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ŋguj →Every word from Proto-Vietic ŋuːj →