Where does “công cha nghĩa mẹ” come from?

công cha nghĩa mẹ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese chả, from Proto-Tai *klaːꟲ, from Old Chinese 稼.

công cha nghĩa mẹ (Vietnamese): parents' kindness; parental affection

Definitions

  1. parents' kindness; parental affection

Ancestry of “công cha nghĩa mẹ”, step by step

công cha nghĩa mẹ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chả

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechảpatty; Vietnamese pork sausage; not at all
2Proto-Tai*klaːꟲringworm
3Old Chinese稼—

via Vietnamese Công

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseCông—
2Proto-Mon-Khmerkoŋto bend; to be bent; be bent
3Proto-Athabaskan*qʊ̓nʼfire

via Vietnamese nghĩa mẹ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenghĩa mẹ—
2Vietnamesemẹa mother; I/me, your mother; you, my mother
3Chinese迷—
Every word from Old Chinese 稼 →