Where does “cao” come from?

cao (Tày) comes from Chinese 高, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan m/s-gaw — head.

cao (Tày): a tonic made from animal flesh or bone

Definitions

  1. a tonic made from animal flesh or bone

Ancestry of “cao”, step by step

cao traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 高

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese高—
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanm/s-gawhead

via Chinese 糕

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese糕—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan m/s-gaw →Every word from Chinese 高 →