Where does “cha đẻ” come from?

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

cha đẻ (Vietnamese): birth father

Definitions

  1. birth father

Ancestry of “cha đẻ”, step by step

cha đẻ 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 đẻ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđẻto give birth to; to birth; mother, mom
2Proto-Vietictɛh—
Every word from Old Chinese 稼 →Every word from Proto-Tai *klaːꟲ →Every word from Vietnamese chả →