Where does “cá rô đồng” come from?

cá rô đồng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đồng, from Vietnamese đất, from Proto-Vietic tət.

cá rô đồng (Vietnamese): climbing perch (Anabas testudineus)

Definitions

  1. climbing perch (Anabas testudineus)

Ancestry of “cá rô đồng”, step by step

cá rô đồng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đồng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđồngfield; medium; sorcerer; copper
2Vietnameseđấtearth; soil; dirt; land
3Proto-Vietictət—

via Vietnamese cá rô

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecá rôclimbing perch
Every word from Proto-Vietic tət →Every word from Vietnamese đất →Every word from Vietnamese đồng →