Where does “chả rươi” come from?

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

chả rươi (Vietnamese): sandworm omelette a Vietnamese dish made from the polychaete worm

Definitions

  1. sandworm omelette a Vietnamese dish made from the polychaete worm

Ancestry of “chả rươi”, step by step

chả rươi 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 rươi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameserươiragworm, clam worm
Every word from Old Chinese 稼 →Every word from Proto-Tai *klaːꟲ →Every word from Vietnamese chả →