Where does “chả lụa” come from?

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

chả lụa (Vietnamese): Vietnamese pork sausage

Definitions

  1. Vietnamese pork sausage

Ancestry of “chả lụa”, step by step

chả lụa 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 lụa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselụasilk fabric; unripened banana leaf or betel palm...
2Chinese縷—
Every word from Old Chinese 稼 →Every word from Proto-Tai *klaːꟲ →Every word from Vietnamese chả →