Where does “chiên ngập dầu” come from?

chiên ngập dầu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese chiên, from Chinese 煎.

chiên ngập dầu (Vietnamese): to deep-fry

Definitions

  1. to deep-fry

Ancestry of “chiên ngập dầu”, step by step

chiên ngập dầu traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chiên

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechiênto fry; lamb; young sheep; Christian
2Chinese煎—

via Vietnamese dầu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesedầuoil; "Dipterocarpus"
2Middle Chinese油—

via Vietnamese ngập

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengậpbe flooded
Every word from Chinese 煎 →Every word from Vietnamese chiên →