Where does “nhảy cóc” come from?

nhảy cóc (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cóc, from Middle Vietnamese căóc.

nhảy cóc (Vietnamese): to skip disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation

Definitions

  1. to skip disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation

Ancestry of “nhảy cóc”, step by step

nhảy cóc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cóc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecóca toad; not; no
2Middle Vietnamesecăóc—

via Vietnamese nhảy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhảyto jump, to leap, to dive; to hop; to dance
2Proto-Vieticʄas—
Every word from Middle Vietnamese căóc →