Where does “cái” come from?

cái (Vietnamese) comes from Chinese 芥 — mustard plant, mustard.

cái (Vietnamese): a thing; a whatsit; the solid bits of a broth;...

Definitions

  1. a thing; a whatsit; the solid bits of a broth;...

Ancestry of “cái”, step by step

cái traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 芥

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese芥mustard plant, mustard

via Proto-Vietic kaːs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vietickaːs—

Words derived from “cái”

Every word from Chinese 芥 →