Where does “đường sữa” come from?

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

đường sữa (Vietnamese): lactose

Definitions

  1. lactose

Ancestry of “đường sữa”, step by step

đường sữa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Đường

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

via Vietnamese sữa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesữamilk
2Proto-Vieticp-rahmilk
Every word from Middle Chinese 唐 →