Talk:cho

Vietnamese 'cho' etymology from 賙?

Nguyen Viet Khoi suggests cho (to give) comes from 賙 (SV: chu; to give for charity). Any input on this? Vien.Vu1 (talk) 06:17, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

Semantically, it's all well and good, however, the Arem cognate (as well as others like Cuối Chăm cəː¹) would be very difficult to explain if one is to posit 周 (MC tsyuw) as etymology. This *əː > ɔː is seemingly irregular (at least, I have no explanation for it), but it is supported by other examples, like hói (< *həːlʔ, Cuối Chăm həːl³) and bỏ. PhanAnh123 (talk) 06:43, 20 March 2023 (UTC)