Where does “rọ mõm” come from?
rọ mõm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mồm, from English mom, from English momma, from English mama, from Xhosa umama, from Proto-Bantu *mààmá.
rọ mõm (Vietnamese): muzzle (a device used to prevent animal from biting or eating, which is worn on its snout)
Definitions
- muzzle (a device used to prevent animal from biting or eating, which is worn on its snout)
Ancestry of “rọ mõm”, step by step
rọ mõm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese mồm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | mồm | mouth |
| 2 | English | mom | mother; An adult female owner of a pet; To care... |
| 3 | English | momma | mother; A voluptuous woman; One's wife or... |
| 4 | English | mama | Mother, female parent |
| 5 | Xhosa | umama | mom, mother |
| 6 | Proto-Bantu | *mààmá | — |
via Vietnamese rọ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | rọ | cage |