Where does “đa sắc” come from?

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

đa sắc (Vietnamese): multicolored; polychromatic

Definitions

  1. multicolored; polychromatic

Ancestry of “đa sắc”, step by step

đa sắc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đá

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

via Vietnamese sắc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesắcsharp; color
2Middle Chinese
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan l-tjwa