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Where does “vuốt” come from?

vuốt (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic c-pɔt, from Proto-Mon-Khmer puut.

vuốt (Vietnamese): claw; talon; to caress, to stroke

Definitions

  1. claw; talon; to caress, to stroke

Ancestry of “vuốt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vieticc-pɔt—
2Proto-Mon-Khmerpuut—
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