Where does “đá hoa cương” come from?

đá hoa cương (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đá hoa, from Vietnamese hoá, from Chinese 和, from Japanese 和, from Middle Chinese 和.

đá hoa cương (Vietnamese): granite

Definitions

  1. granite

Ancestry of “đá hoa cương”, step by step

đá hoa cương traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đá hoa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđá hoamarble
2Vietnamesehoámerchandise, goods; to turn; -ize; -ise
3Chinese和harmonious
4Japanese和peace, harmony, tranquillity, serenity; sum
5Middle Chinese和—

via Vietnamese cương

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecươngerect
2Middle Chinese剛—
Every word from Middle Chinese 和 →