Where does “ruột thừa” come from?

ruột thừa (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese ruột, from Proto-Vietic rɔːc, from Proto-Mon-Khmer ruuc.

ruột thừa (Vietnamese): a vermiform appendix

Definitions

  1. a vermiform appendix

Ancestry of “ruột thừa”, step by step

ruột thừa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese ruột

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseruộtintestine; inner tube; directly biologically...
2Proto-Vieticrɔːc—
3Proto-Mon-Khmerruuc—

via Vietnamese thừa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethừaleft over; superfluous; more than necessarily...
2Chinese繡—

Words derived from “ruột thừa”

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ruuc →
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