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Where does “rụng” come from?

rụng (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic ruŋʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer ruŋ — river, channel; to fall, to drop off.

rụng (Vietnamese): to fall off something that it was attached to; to...

Definitions

  1. to fall off something that it was attached to; to...

Ancestry of “rụng”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vieticruŋʔ—
2Proto-Mon-Khmerruŋriver, channel; to fall, to drop off
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