Where does “trí óc” come from?

trí óc (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese óc, from Proto-Vietic c-ʔɔːk, from Proto-Mon-Khmer ʔuək — brain.

trí óc (Vietnamese): brains; mind; intellect

Definitions

  1. brains; mind; intellect

Ancestry of “trí óc”, step by step

trí óc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese óc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseócbrain; brains; a sense
2Proto-Vieticc-ʔɔːkbrain
3Proto-Mon-Khmerʔuəkbrain

via Vietnamese trí

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetrímind; clever
2Chinese智wisdom
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ʔuək →Every word from Proto-Vietic c-ʔɔːk →Every word from Vietnamese óc →