Where does “cà dầm tương” come from?

cà dầm tương (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cá, from French quart, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.

cà dầm tương (Vietnamese): a traditional Vietnamese dish consisting of pickled Solanum macrocarpon or Solanum melongena var. esculentum drizzled in either soy sauce or chili sauce

Definitions

  1. a traditional Vietnamese dish consisting of pickled Solanum macrocarpon or Solanum melongena var. esculentum drizzled in either soy sauce or chili sauce

Ancestry of “cà dầm tương”, step by step

cà dầm tương traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecáfish; to bet
2Frenchquartfourth; quarter; shift
3Latinquārtusfourth
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

via Vietnamese tương

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetươnga generic term meaning "sauce"
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos →