Where does “vật đen” come from?
vật đen (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vật, from Proto-Mon-Khmer kpət — to struggle.
vật đen (Vietnamese): blackbody
Ancestry of “vật đen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Vietnamese | vật | thing; object; animal; to wrestle |
| 2 | Proto-Mon-Khmer | kpət | to struggle |