Where does “nà cha̱o” come from?

nà cha̱o (Tày) comes from Tày nả, from Proto-Tai naːᴬ — paddy field.

nà cha̱o (Tày): newly discovered or reclaimed fields

Definitions

  1. newly discovered or reclaimed fields

Ancestry of “nà cha̱o”, step by step

nà cha̱o traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tày nả

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tàynảcrossbow
2Proto-Tainaːᴬpaddy field

via Tày cha̱o

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tàycha̱o
Every word from Proto-Tai naːᴬEvery word from Tày nả