Where does “cảng chá” come from?

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

cảng chá (Tày): fallen branch

Definitions

  1. fallen branch

Ancestry of “cảng chá”, step by step

cảng chá traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cảng

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

via Tày chá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tàycháprice
2Middle Chinese假—
Every word from Middle Chinese 鯁 →Every word from Proto-Tai *kaːŋꟲ →Every word from Vietnamese cảng →