Where does “cảng cỏ” come from?

cảng cỏ (Tày) comes from Vietnamese cảng, from Proto-Tai *kaːŋꟲ, from Middle Chinese 鯁.

cảng cỏ (Tày): to talk; to have a conversation

Definitions

  1. to talk; to have a conversation

Ancestry of “cảng cỏ”, step by step

cảng cỏ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cảng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecảngport, harbor
2Proto-Tai*kaːŋꟲ—
3Middle Chinese鯁—

via Tày cỏ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tàycỏolder brother
Every word from Middle Chinese 鯁 →Every word from Proto-Tai *kaːŋꟲ →Every word from Vietnamese cảng →