Where does “cháo Tiều” come from?

cháo Tiều (Vietnamese) comes from English Tieu, from Vietnamese tiêu, from Chinese 蕭.

cháo Tiều (Vietnamese): Teochew-style porridge

Definitions

  1. Teochew-style porridge

Ancestry of “cháo Tiều”, step by step

cháo Tiều traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Tieu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishTieu
2VietnamesetiêuClipping of tiêu hoá; to be able to take in and...
3Chinese

via Vietnamese chào

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechàoto bow, to greet, to salute; to solicit; good...
2Proto-Vieticcaːwʔ
Every word from Chinese Every word from Vietnamese tiêuEvery word from English Tieu