Where does “viêm họng” come from?

viêm họng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese hồng, from Proto-Vietic -hɔːŋʔ.

viêm họng (Vietnamese): pharyngitis

Definitions

  1. pharyngitis

Ancestry of “viêm họng”, step by step

viêm họng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese hồng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehồngpink; red; persimmon
2Proto-Vietic-hɔːŋʔ—

via Vietnamese viêm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseviêminflammation
2Middle Chinese炎—
Every word from Proto-Vietic -hɔːŋʔ →