Where does “xương búa” come from?

xương búa (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese xương, from Proto-Vietic *ɟaːŋ//*tʃɨəŋ.

xương búa (Vietnamese): malleus

Definitions

  1. malleus

Ancestry of “xương búa”, step by step

xương búa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese xương

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesexươngbone
2Proto-Vietic*ɟaːŋ//*tʃɨəŋ—

via Vietnamese búa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebúaa hammer
2Middle Chinese府—
Every word from Proto-Vietic *ɟaːŋ//*tʃɨəŋ →Every word from Vietnamese xương →