Where does “nhạc sống” come from?

nhạc sống (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese sống, from Proto-Vietic k-roːŋʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer ruŋʔ.

nhạc sống (Vietnamese): music performance with live vocals and instruments

Definitions

  1. music performance with live vocals and instruments

Ancestry of “nhạc sống”, step by step

nhạc sống traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese sống

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesốnga spine; to live; living
2Proto-Vietick-roːŋʔback of the blade; alive; raw
3Proto-Mon-Khmerruŋʔ—

via Vietnamese nhạc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhạcmusic
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ruŋʔ →Every word from Proto-Vietic k-roːŋʔ →Every word from Vietnamese sống →