Where does “cá trứng” come from?

cá trứng (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 trứng (Vietnamese): capelin, Mallotus villosus a type of smelt found in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans

Definitions

  1. capelin, Mallotus villosus a type of smelt found in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans

Ancestry of “cá trứng”, step by step

cá trứng 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 trứng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetrứngan egg
2Chinese中middle
3Proto-Sino-Tibetant/duŋnavel; centre
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos →