Where does “chào” come from?

chào (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic caːwʔ.

chào (Vietnamese): to bow, to greet, to salute; to solicit; good...

Definitions

  1. to bow, to greet, to salute; to solicit; good...

Ancestry of “chào”, step by step

chào traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Vietic caːwʔ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vieticcaːwʔ—

via Middle Chinese 朝

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese朝—

Words derived from “chào”

Every word from Proto-Vietic caːwʔ →