Where does “cáy phủ” come from?

cáy phủ (Tày) comes from Vietnamese phủ, from Middle Chinese 府.

cáy phủ (Tày): cock; male chicken

Definitions

  1. cock; male chicken

Ancestry of “cáy phủ”, step by step

cáy phủ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese phủ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesephủto cover; palace, residence; to mate, to copulate
2Middle Chinese府—

via Tày cáy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tàycáychicken
Every word from Middle Chinese 府 →Every word from Vietnamese phủ →