Where does “dưa lưới” come from?

dưa lưới (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese lưới, from Middle Vietnamese 䋥, from Proto-Vietic c-laːjʔ.

dưa lưới (Vietnamese): Galia melon, a kind of hybrid melon with greenish flesh

Definitions

  1. Galia melon, a kind of hybrid melon with greenish flesh

Ancestry of “dưa lưới”, step by step

dưa lưới traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese lưới

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselướinet
2Middle Vietnamese䋥net
3Proto-Vieticc-laːjʔ—

via Vietnamese dưa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesedưamelon; salted vegetables
Every word from Proto-Vietic c-laːjʔ →Every word from Middle Vietnamese 䋥 →Every word from Vietnamese lưới →