Where does “vật” come from?

vật (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Mon-Khmer kpət — to struggle.

vật (Vietnamese): thing; object; animal; to wrestle

Definitions

  1. thing; object; animal; to wrestle

Ancestry of “vật”, step by step

vật traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Mon-Khmer kpət

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Mon-Khmerkpətto struggle

via Middle Chinese 物

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese物—

Words derived from “vật”

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer kpət →