Where does “đầu rìu” come from?

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

đầu rìu (Vietnamese): hoopoe

Definitions

  1. hoopoe

Ancestry of “đầu rìu”, step by step

đầu rìu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đầu

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

via Vietnamese rìu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameserìuan axe
2Proto-Vieticm-riːw—
Every word from Middle Chinese 頭 →Every word from Vietnamese đầu →