Where does “râu quai nón” come from?

râu quai nón (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese nón, from Proto-Vietic k-nɔːn, from Proto-Vietic kɔːn, from Proto-Mon-Khmer kuun — child.

râu quai nón (Vietnamese): a man's beard that connects with his sideburns, in a similar way in which an Asian conical hat strap hugs the wearer's face

Definitions

  1. a man's beard that connects with his sideburns, in a similar way in which an Asian conical hat strap hugs the wearer's face

Ancestry of “râu quai nón”, step by step

râu quai nón traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese nón

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnamesenónAsian conical hat; hat; cap; helmet
2Proto-Vietick-nɔːn
3Proto-Vietickɔːnchild
4Proto-Mon-Khmerkuunchild

via Vietnamese râu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameserâua beard; whiskers; barbels
2Proto-Vietic-soː
3Old Chinese

via Vietnamese quai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesequaistrap
2Chinese
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer kuunEvery word from Proto-Vietic kɔːnEvery word from Proto-Vietic k-nɔːn