Where does “tuỷ sống” come from?

tuỷ sống (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tuỳ, from Chinese 髓, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan suj, from Chinese 鎖.

tuỷ sống (Vietnamese): spinal cord

Definitions

  1. spinal cord

Ancestry of “tuỷ sống”, step by step

tuỷ sống traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tuỳ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetuỳaccording to
2Chinese髓—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetansujmarrow
4Chinese鎖—

via Vietnamese sống

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesốnga spine; to live; living
2Proto-Vietick-roːŋʔback of the blade; alive; raw
3Proto-Mon-Khmerruŋʔ—
Every word from Chinese 鎖 →Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan suj →Every word from Chinese 髓 →