Where does “cải dầu” come from?

cải dầu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese dầu, from Middle Chinese 油.

cải dầu (Vietnamese): the rapeseed plant

Definitions

  1. the rapeseed plant

Ancestry of “cải dầu”, step by step

cải dầu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese dầu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesedầuoil; "Dipterocarpus"
2Middle Chinese油—

via Vietnamese cái

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecáia thing; a whatsit; the solid bits of a broth;...
2Proto-Vietic-keːʔwoman, female
Every word from Middle Chinese 油 →Every word from Vietnamese dầu →