Where does “đấu đá” come from?

đấu đá (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đá, from Chinese 肚, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan l-tjwa — mouth; beak; food; stomach; mouth, beak, food,...

đấu đá (Vietnamese): to fight among each other; to infight

Definitions

  1. to fight among each other; to infight

Ancestry of “đấu đá”, step by step

đấu đá traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđárock, stone; ice as used for consumption or...
2Chinese肚—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanl-tjwamouth; beak; food; stomach; mouth, beak, food,...

via Vietnamese đấu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđấuto battle, fight; dipper, ladle, scoop
2Middle Chinese斗—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan l-tjwa →Every word from Chinese 肚 →Every word from Vietnamese đá →