Where does “bà già” come from?

bà già (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 già (Vietnamese): old woman; old lady; old lady

Definitions

  1. old woman; old lady; old lady

Ancestry of “bà già”, step by step

bà già 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 giá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiáprice; bean sprouts; shelf
2Proto-Vietick-raː—
3Proto-Mon-Khmerkraʔroad, way

Words derived from “bà già”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian Səpat →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat →Every word from Komodo paʔ →