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
Ancestry of “ổ đĩa”, step by step
ổ đĩa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese đĩa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | đĩa | a plate, a dish, a saucer, etc; a disc, a disk,... |
| 2 | Chinese | 碟 | — |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 疊 | to fold |
via Vietnamese ổ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | ổ | a nest; a space where a lot of beings of the same... |
| 2 | Proto-Vietic | ʔuh | — |
Words derived from “ổ đĩa”