Where does “đường thốt nốt” come from?

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

đường thốt nốt (Vietnamese): palm sugar

Definitions

  1. palm sugar

Ancestry of “đường thốt nốt”, step by step

đường thốt nốt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Đường

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

via Vietnamese thốt nốt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethốt nốtsugar palm, palmyra palm, wine palm
2Khmerត្នោតsugar palm, palmyra palm (Borassus spp.)
Every word from Middle Chinese 唐 →Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai daːŋᴬ² →Every word from Vietnamese Đường →