Where does “chả giò” come from?

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

chả giò (Vietnamese): spring roll (shredded vegetables wrapped in rice paper, then deep-fried)

Definitions

  1. spring roll (shredded vegetables wrapped in rice paper, then deep-fried)

Ancestry of “chả giò”, step by step

chả giò traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chả

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechảpatty; Vietnamese pork sausage; not at all
2Proto-Tai*klaːꟲringworm
3Old Chinese稼—

via Vietnamese giò

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiòleg; meat paste; pork sausage
2Proto-Vietic-ɟɔːleg

Words derived from “chả giò”

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