Where does “Tàu” come from?

Tàu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Ba Tàu, from Vietnamese ba, from Proto-Vietic paː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer piʔ.

Tàu (Vietnamese): Chinese; Chink

Definitions

  1. Chinese; Chink

Ancestry of “Tàu”, step by step

Tàu traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Ba Tàu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseBa TàuOf or pertaining to ethnic Chinese people in...
2Vietnamesebafather; three; secondborn
3Proto-Vieticpaːthree
4Proto-Mon-Khmerpiʔ—

via Chinese 艚

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese艚—

via Middle Chinese 斗

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese斗—

Words derived from “Tàu”

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer piʔ →Every word from Proto-Vietic paː →Every word from Vietnamese ba →