Where does “vôi” come from?

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

vôi (Vietnamese): lime

Definitions

  1. lime

Ancestry of “vôi”, step by step

vôi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Vietic k-puːr

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

via Proto-Vietic vɔːj

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vieticvɔːj—

Words derived from “vôi”

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer knpur →Every word from Proto-Vietic k-puːr →