Where does “đá quý” come from?

đá quý (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đá, from Chinese 肚, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan l-tjwa — mouth; beak; food; stomach; mouth, beak, food,...

đá quý (Vietnamese): a precious stone

Definitions

  1. a precious stone

Ancestry of “đá quý”, step by step

đá quý traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđárock, stone; ice as used for consumption or...
2Chinese肚—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanl-tjwamouth; beak; food; stomach; mouth, beak, food,...

via Vietnamese Quý

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseQuýthe tenth heavenly stem
2FrenchquAlternative spelling of ku
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan l-tjwa →Every word from Chinese 肚 →Every word from Vietnamese đá →