Where does “đàn đáy” come from?

đàn đáy (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đáy, from Chinese 底, from Middle Chinese 等.

đàn đáy (Vietnamese): a Vietnamese lute with three strings, a hollow...

Definitions

  1. a Vietnamese lute with three strings, a hollow...

Ancestry of “đàn đáy”, step by step

đàn đáy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đáy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđáythe inside bottom of a container, as opposed to a...
2Chinese底—
3Middle Chinese等—

via Vietnamese đàn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđànflock, herd; a number of musical instruments; to...
2Proto-Vieticdaːn—

Words derived from “đàn đáy”

Every word from Middle Chinese 等 →Every word from Chinese 底 →Every word from Vietnamese đáy →