Where does “đường chéo” come from?

đường chéo (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Đường, from Proto-Southwestern Tai daːŋᴬ², from Middle Chinese 唐.

đường chéo (Vietnamese): a diagonal line

Definitions

  1. a diagonal line

Ancestry of “đường chéo”, step by step

đường chéo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Đường

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseĐườngrelated to Tang
2Proto-Southwestern Taidaːŋᴬ²road; way
3Middle Chinese唐—

via Vietnamese cheo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecheochevrotain; mouse deer (of the family Tragulidae)
2Proto-Vietict-rɛːwchevrotain
Every word from Middle Chinese 唐 →Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai daːŋᴬ² →Every word from Vietnamese Đường →