Where does “ổ đĩa” come from?

ổ đĩa (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đĩa, from Chinese 碟, from Middle Chinese 疊 — to fold.

ổ đĩa (Vietnamese): drive; disc

Definitions

  1. drive; disc

Ancestry of “ổ đĩa”, step by step

ổ đĩa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đĩa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđĩaa plate, a dish, a saucer, etc; a disc, a disk,...
2Chinese碟—
3Middle Chinese疊to fold

via Vietnamese ổ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseổa nest; a space where a lot of beings of the same...
2Proto-Vieticʔuh—

Words derived from “ổ đĩa”

Every word from Middle Chinese 疊 →Every word from Chinese 碟 →Every word from Vietnamese đĩa →