Where does “dây giày” come from?

dây giày (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese giày, from Middle Chinese 鞋.

dây giày (Vietnamese): shoelace

Definitions

  1. shoelace

Ancestry of “dây giày”, step by step

dây giày traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese giày

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiàya non-sock, non-stockings piece of footwear that...
2Middle Chinese鞋—

via Vietnamese dây

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesedâyrope; cord; wire; string
Every word from Middle Chinese 鞋 →Every word from Vietnamese giày →