Where does “cáo” come from?

cáo (Vietnamese) comes from Chinese 告, from Middle Chinese 校.

cáo (Vietnamese): a fox; royal edict-like announcement

Definitions

  1. a fox; royal edict-like announcement

Ancestry of “cáo”, step by step

cáo traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 告

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese告—
2Middle Chinese校—

via Chinese 膏

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese膏—

via Middle Chinese 高

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese高—

Words derived from “cáo”

Every word from Middle Chinese 校 →Every word from Chinese 告 →