Where does “cha mẹ” come from?

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

cha mẹ (Vietnamese): parents

Definitions

  1. parents

Ancestry of “cha mẹ”, step by step

cha mẹ 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 mẹ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemẹa mother; I/me, your mother; you, my mother
2Chinese迷—
Every word from Old Chinese 稼 →Every word from Proto-Tai *klaːꟲ →Every word from Vietnamese chả →
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