Where does “bão cát” come from?

bão cát (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese báo, from Chinese 豹, from Chinese 駁, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *prawk — to be speckled, variegated, spotted.

bão cát (Vietnamese): sandstorm

Definitions

  1. sandstorm

Ancestry of “bão cát”, step by step

bão cát traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese báo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebáoa leopard; a spotted panther; a jaguar or a snow...
2Chinese豹—
3Chinese駁—
4Proto-Sino-Tibetan*prawkto be speckled, variegated, spotted

via Vietnamese cát

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecátsand; grain
2Proto-Vietict-kaːcsand
3Proto-Mon-Khmerksacsand
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *prawk →Every word from Chinese 駁 →Every word from Chinese 豹 →