Where does “vòi xịt” come from?

vòi xịt (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vôi, from Proto-Vietic k-puːr, from Proto-Mon-Khmer knpur — lime.

vòi xịt (Vietnamese): spray nozzle

Definitions

  1. spray nozzle

Ancestry of “vòi xịt”, step by step

vòi xịt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese vôi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevôilime
2Proto-Vietick-puːrlime
3Proto-Mon-Khmerknpurlime

via Vietnamese xịt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesexịtto spray, to eject (liquid)
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer knpur →