Where does “chất xơ” come from?

chất xơ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese xơ, from French sœur, from Middle French soeur, from Old French suer, from Latin soror, from Proto-Italic swezōr, from Proto-Indo-European swésōr, from Proto-Indo-European su-h₁ésh₂-ōr — blood.

chất xơ (Vietnamese): dietary fibre

Definitions

  1. dietary fibre

Ancestry of “chất xơ”, step by step

chất xơ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesea sister; fibre; filament
2Frenchsœursister; nun
3Middle Frenchsoeursister
4Old Frenchsuernominative singular of seror; to dry
5Latinsororsister; cousin, daughter of a father's brother;...
6Proto-Italicswezōrsister
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswésōrsister
8Proto-Indo-Europeansu-h₁ésh₂-ōr
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ésh₂r̥blood

via Vietnamese chất

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechấtsubstance; quality; cool; awesome
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésh₂r̥Every word from Proto-Indo-European su-h₁ésh₂-ōrEvery word from Proto-Indo-European swésōr