Where does “áo sát nách” come from?

áo sát nách (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese áo, from Proto-Vietic ʔaːwʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer ʔaawʔ — upper garment.

áo sát nách (Vietnamese): a sleeveless shirt; a sleeveless dress

Definitions

  1. a sleeveless shirt; a sleeveless dress

Ancestry of “áo sát nách”, step by step

áo sát nách traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese áo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseáoa top; an outfit
2Proto-Vieticʔaːwʔ—
3Proto-Mon-Khmerʔaawʔupper garment

via Vietnamese sát nách

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesát náchvery close to; near; adjacent
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ʔaawʔ →Every word from Proto-Vietic ʔaːwʔ →Every word from Vietnamese áo →