Where does “cà vạt” come from?
cà vạt (Vietnamese) comes from French Cravate, from Serbo-Croatian Hr̀vāt, from Proto-Slavic xorvatъ — Croat.
cà vạt (Vietnamese): necktie
Ancestry of “cà vạt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | Cravate | Croat |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | Hr̀vāt | a Croat; Croat |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | xorvatъ | Croat |