Where does “số” come from?

số (Vietnamese) comes from French sœur, from Middle French soeur, from Old French suer, from Latin soror, from Proto-Italic swezōr, from Proto-Indo-European swésōr, from Proto-Indo-European su-h₁ésh₂-ōr, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésh₂r̥ — blood.

số (Vietnamese): number; size; amount; count

Definitions

  1. number; size; amount; count

Ancestry of “số”, step by step

số traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French sœur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsœursister; nun
2Middle Frenchsoeursister
3Old Frenchsuernominative singular of seror; to dry
4Latinsororsister; cousin, daughter of a father's brother;...
5Proto-Italicswezōrsister
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswésōrsister
7Proto-Indo-Europeansu-h₁ésh₂-ōr—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ésh₂r̥blood

via Chinese 數

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese數—
2Old Chinese數—

via Proto-Vietic k-rɔːʔ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vietick-rɔːʔ—

Words derived from “số”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésh₂r̥ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European su-h₁ésh₂-ōr →Every word from Proto-Indo-European swésōr →