Where does “chả” come from?

chả (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Tai *klaːꟲ, from Old Chinese 稼.

chả (Vietnamese): patty; Vietnamese pork sausage; not at all

Definitions

  1. patty; Vietnamese pork sausage; not at all

Ancestry of “chả”, step by step

chả traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Tai *klaːꟲ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Tai*klaːꟲringworm
2Old Chinese稼—

via Chinese 鮓

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese鮓—

via Vietnamese chẳng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechẳngnot at all; even if not; if not

Words derived from “chả”

Every word from Old Chinese 稼 →Every word from Proto-Tai *klaːꟲ →