Where does “ổ đĩa cứng” come from?

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

ổ đĩa cứng (Vietnamese): a hard disk drive

Definitions

  1. a hard disk drive

Ancestry of “ổ đĩa cứng”, step by step

ổ đĩa cứng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese ổ đĩa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseổ đĩadrive; disc
2Vietnameseđĩaa plate, a dish, a saucer, etc; a disc, a disk,...
3Chinese碟—
4Middle Chinese疊to fold

via Vietnamese cùng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecùngthe end, limit; with; and
2Middle Chinese宮—
Every word from Middle Chinese 疊 →