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Where does “quán” come from?

quán (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Mon-Khmer wən(ʔ) — coiled, to wind, bend; coiled; to wind, bend.

quán (Vietnamese): to wind; to twine

Definitions

  1. to wind; to twine

Ancestry of “quán”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Mon-Khmerwən(ʔ)coiled, to wind, bend; coiled; to wind, bend
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