Where does “đường sá” come from?

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

đường sá (Vietnamese): roads; ways generally speaking

Definitions

  1. roads; ways generally speaking

Ancestry of “đường sá”, step by step

đường sá traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Đường

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

via Vietnamese sa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesato fall (especially from the sky); to drop down; to prolapse
2Chinese紗—
Every word from Middle Chinese 唐 →Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai daːŋᴬ² →Every word from Vietnamese Đường →