Where does “đèn dầu” come from?

đèn dầu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese dầu, from Middle Chinese 油.

đèn dầu (Vietnamese): a kerosene lantern; a kerosene lamp

Definitions

  1. a kerosene lantern; a kerosene lamp

Ancestry of “đèn dầu”, step by step

đèn dầu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese dầu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesedầuoil; "Dipterocarpus"
2Middle Chinese油—

via Vietnamese đèn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđèna light; a lamp, an oil lamp, a light bulb, an...
Every word from Middle Chinese 油 →Every word from Vietnamese dầu →