Where does “bà bầu” come from?

bà bầu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bà, from Chinese 爸, from Chinese 父, from Komodo paʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat, from Proto-Austronesian Səpat — four.

bà bầu (Vietnamese): a pregnant woman

Definitions

  1. a pregnant woman

Ancestry of “bà bầu”, step by step

bà bầu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese bà

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebàa grandmother; an old woman; an old lady; you, my...
2Chinese爸—
3Chinese父—
4Komodopaʔfour
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəpatfour
6Proto-AustronesianSəpatfour

via Vietnamese bầu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebầugourd; a space of something; pregnancy
2Chinese匏—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Səpat →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat →Every word from Komodo paʔ →