Where does “đón chào” come from?
đón chào (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese chào, from Proto-Vietic caːwʔ.
đón chào (Vietnamese): to welcome
Ancestry of “đón chào”, step by step
đón chào traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese chào
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | chào | to bow, to greet, to salute; to solicit; good... |
| 2 | Proto-Vietic | caːwʔ | — |
via Vietnamese đơn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | đơn | application, petition, request; alone, only |
| 2 | Proto-Mon-Khmer | ɗuən | wide hat of straw |