Where does “vôi bột” come from?

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

vôi bột (Vietnamese): powdered lime (slaked lime in powder form)

Definitions

  1. powdered lime (slaked lime in powder form)

Ancestry of “vôi bột”, step by step

vôi bột traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese vôi

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

via Vietnamese bột

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebộtpowder; flour; starch
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer knpur →Every word from Proto-Vietic k-puːr →Every word from Vietnamese vôi →