Where does “bao tải” come from?

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

bao tải (Vietnamese): a gunny sack

Definitions

  1. a gunny sack

Ancestry of “bao tải”, step by step

bao tải 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 tại

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetạiat; in; on; because of; due to; because
2Chinese在—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *prawk →Every word from Chinese 駁 →Every word from Chinese 豹 →