Where does “ruộng đất” come from?

ruộng đất (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đất, from Proto-Vietic tət.

ruộng đất (Vietnamese): cultivated land; cultivated fields

Definitions

  1. cultivated land; cultivated fields

Ancestry of “ruộng đất”, step by step

ruộng đất traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đất

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđấtearth; soil; dirt; land
2Proto-Vietictət—

via Vietnamese ruộng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseruộngfield
2Proto-Vieticrɔːŋʔ—
Every word from Proto-Vietic tət →Every word from Vietnamese đất →