Where does “thuyền buồm” come from?

thuyền buồm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese thuyền, from Chinese 船, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan m-lawŋ — boat.

thuyền buồm (Vietnamese): sailing ship

Definitions

  1. sailing ship

Ancestry of “thuyền buồm”, step by step

thuyền buồm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese thuyền

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethuyềna boat; a wooden ship
2Chinese船—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanm-lawŋboat

via Vietnamese buồm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebuồmsail
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan m-lawŋ →Every word from Chinese 船 →Every word from Vietnamese thuyền →
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