Where does “cam chỉa” come from?

cam chỉa (Tày) comes from Tày cam, from Proto-Tai ɡamᴬ — bite ; speech.

cam chỉa (Tày): round kumquat

Definitions

  1. round kumquat

Ancestry of “cam chỉa”, step by step

cam chỉa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tày cam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tàycamorange
2Proto-Taiɡamᴬbite ; speech

via Tày chỉa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tàychỉapaper
2Middle Chinese紙—
Every word from Proto-Tai ɡamᴬ →Every word from Tày cam →