Sino-Vietnamese word from 盤古, from Chinese 盤古/盘古 (Pángǔ).
Bàn Cổ
- (Chinese mythology) Pangu
1882, by Anonymous, 初學問津 (Sơ học vấn tân):烝初𠁀混茫 渚支𡗶坦
𤤰盤古頭生𦋦 買𢬦氣陰氣陽- Around the time of the primodial chaos, when heaven and earth were yet not separate,
[this is when] the great Bàn Cổ (Pangu) was born and began to divide Yin [from] Yang.