Where does “cá cháy” come from?

cá cháy (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.

cá cháy (Vietnamese): a fish from the genus Tenualosa (in the family Clupeidae)

Definitions

  1. a fish from the genus Tenualosa (in the family Clupeidae)

Ancestry of “cá cháy”, step by step

cá cháy 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 cháy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecháyto burn, to become burnt; to blaze; to burn; to...
2Proto-Vietick-carʔfire, conflagration

Words derived from “cá cháy”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos →