Where does “voi ma-mút” come from?

voi ma-mút (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vôi, from Proto-Vietic k-puːr, from Proto-Mon-Khmer knpur — lime.

voi ma-mút (Vietnamese): mammoth

Definitions

  1. mammoth

Ancestry of “voi ma-mút”, step by step

voi ma-mút traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese vôi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevôilime
2Proto-Vietick-puːrlime
3Proto-Mon-Khmerknpurlime

via French mammouth

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmammouthmammoth
2Russianма́монтmammoth
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer knpur →Every word from Proto-Vietic k-puːr →Every word from Vietnamese vôi →