Where does “ruồi nhặng” come from?

ruồi nhặng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese ruồi, from Proto-Vietic m-rɔːj, from Proto-Austroasiatic *roaj — fly (insect).

ruồi nhặng (Vietnamese): a bluebottle fly

Definitions

  1. a bluebottle fly

Ancestry of “ruồi nhặng”, step by step

ruồi nhặng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese ruồi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseruồia fly
2Proto-Vieticm-rɔːj—
3Proto-Austroasiatic*roajfly (insect)

via Vietnamese nhặng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhặngflies in the Calliphoridae family
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *roaj →Every word from Proto-Vietic m-rɔːj →Every word from Vietnamese ruồi →