Where does “quái gở” come from?

quái gở (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese gò, from Proto-Mon-Khmer tkɔɔʔ — island.

quái gở (Vietnamese): very strange, odd; weird; bizarre

Definitions

  1. very strange, odd; weird; bizarre

Ancestry of “quái gở”, step by step

quái gở traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese gò

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegòmound, knoll; to bend, to curve
2Proto-Mon-Khmertkɔɔʔisland

via Vietnamese quai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesequaistrap
2Chinese怪—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer tkɔɔʔ →Every word from Vietnamese gò →