Where does “dày đặc” come from?

dày đặc (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese dày, from Proto-Vietic k-daj.

dày đặc (Vietnamese): dense, thick

Definitions

  1. dense, thick

Ancestry of “dày đặc”, step by step

dày đặc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese dày

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesedàythick, deep, dense
2Proto-Vietick-daj—

via Vietnamese đặc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđặcsolid; thick, stiff; condensed
2Proto-Mon-Khmerdakviscous
Every word from Proto-Vietic k-daj →Every word from Vietnamese dày →