Where does “chói loá” come from?

chói loá (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese loa, from Middle Chinese 螺.

chói loá (Vietnamese): dazzling; bright

Definitions

  1. dazzling; bright

Ancestry of “chói loá”, step by step

chói loá traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese loa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseloamegaphone; speaker; loudspeaker
2Middle Chinese螺—

via Vietnamese chói

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechóidazzling
Every word from Middle Chinese 螺 →Every word from Vietnamese loa →