Where does “đậu nành” come from?

đậu nành (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đậu, from Vietnamese đậu phụ, from Chinese 豆腐 — tofu; bean curd; any food with tofu-like physical...

đậu nành (Vietnamese): soybean

Definitions

  1. soybean

Ancestry of “đậu nành”, step by step

đậu nành traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đậu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđậubean; nut; to park
2Vietnameseđậu phụtofu
3Chinese豆腐tofu; bean curd; any food with tofu-like physical...

via Vietnamese nanh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenanheye tooth, fang; tusk
2Proto-Vietick-nɛːŋ—
3Proto-Mon-Khmergnaiŋ—

Words derived from “đậu nành”

Every word from Chinese 豆腐 →Every word from Vietnamese đậu phụ →Every word from Vietnamese đậu →