Where does “đất phèn” come from?

đất phèn (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đất, from Proto-Vietic tət.

đất phèn (Vietnamese): acid sulfate soil

Definitions

  1. acid sulfate soil

Ancestry of “đất phèn”, step by step

đất phèn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đất

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđấtearth; soil; dirt; land
2Proto-Vietictət—

via Vietnamese phèn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesephènalum
2Chinese礬—
Every word from Proto-Vietic tət →Every word from Vietnamese đất →