Where does “nả ấc” come from?

nả ấc (Tày) comes from Tày ấc, from Proto-Tai ʔɤkᴰ, from Old Chinese 臆.

nả ấc (Tày): chest

Definitions

  1. chest

Ancestry of “nả ấc”, step by step

nả ấc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tày ấc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tàyấcchest
2Proto-Taiʔɤkᴰchest
3Old Chinese臆—

via Tày nả

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tàynảcrossbow
2Proto-Tainaːᴬpaddy field
Every word from Old Chinese 臆 →Every word from Proto-Tai ʔɤkᴰ →Every word from Tày ấc →
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