Where does “đầu bếp” come from?

đầu bếp (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đầu, from Middle Chinese 頭.

đầu bếp (Vietnamese): cook; head cook; chef

Definitions

  1. cook; head cook; chef

Ancestry of “đầu bếp”, step by step

đầu bếp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đầu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđầuhead; tip; end; beginning; commencement; start
2Middle Chinese頭—

via Vietnamese bếp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebếpstove, cooker; kitchen
Every word from Middle Chinese 頭 →Every word from Vietnamese đầu →