Where does “bạc pả” come from?

bạc pả (Tày) comes from Vietnamese bạc, from Vietnamese Bác, from Proto-Vietic paːk — uncle.

bạc pả (Tày): paternal uncle and aunt, father's elder siblings

Definitions

  1. paternal uncle and aunt, father's elder siblings

Ancestry of “bạc pả”, step by step

bạc pả traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese bạc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebạcsilver; money; made of silver
2VietnameseBácI/me, the old Ho Chi Minh; you, the old Ho Chi...
3Proto-Vieticpaːkuncle

via Tày pả

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tàypả—
Every word from Proto-Vietic paːk →Every word from Vietnamese Bác →Every word from Vietnamese bạc →