Where does “vật tổ” come from?

vật tổ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tổ, from Chinese 似.

vật tổ (Vietnamese): totem

Definitions

  1. totem

Ancestry of “vật tổ”, step by step

vật tổ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tổ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetổa nest; a group or team that is divided from a...
2Chinese似—

via Vietnamese vật

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevậtthing; object; animal; to wrestle
2Proto-Mon-Khmerkpətto struggle
Every word from Chinese 似 →Every word from Vietnamese tổ →