Where does “vật đen” come from?

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

vật đen (Vietnamese): blackbody

Definitions

  1. blackbody

Ancestry of “vật đen”, step by step

vật đen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese vật

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevậtthing; object; animal; to wrestle
2Proto-Mon-Khmerkpətto struggle

via Vietnamese đen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđenof the color black; dark; swarthy; unlucky;...
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer kpət →Every word from Vietnamese vật →