Where does “báo tường” come from?
báo tường (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese báo, from Chinese 豹, from Chinese 駁, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *prawk — to be speckled, variegated, spotted.
báo tường (Vietnamese): wall newspaper
Definitions
- wall newspaper
Ancestry of “báo tường”, step by step
báo tường traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese báo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | báo | a leopard; a spotted panther; a jaguar or a snow... |
| 2 | Chinese | 豹 | — |
| 3 | Chinese | 駁 | — |
| 4 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | *prawk | to be speckled, variegated, spotted |
via Vietnamese tường
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | tường | a wall |