Where does “đậu ngự” come from?

đậu ngự (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese ngủ, from Chinese 伍, from Chinese 亻, from Chinese 工.

đậu ngự (Vietnamese): lima bean

Definitions

  1. lima bean

Ancestry of “đậu ngự”, step by step

đậu ngự traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese ngủ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengủto sleep
2Chinese
3Chinese
4Chinese

via Vietnamese đậu

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