Where does “cải dầu” come from?
cải dầu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese dầu, from Middle Chinese 油.
cải dầu (Vietnamese): the rapeseed plant
Ancestry of “cải dầu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | dầu | oil; "Dipterocarpus" |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 油 | — |