Where does “dạ dày” come from?

dạ dày (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đá, from Chinese 肚, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan l-tjwa — mouth; beak; food; stomach; mouth, beak, food,...

dạ dày (Vietnamese): stomach

Definitions

  1. stomach

Ancestry of “dạ dày”, step by step

dạ dày traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđárock, stone; ice as used for consumption or...
2Chinese肚—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanl-tjwamouth; beak; food; stomach; mouth, beak, food,...

via Vietnamese dày

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesedàythick, deep, dense
2Proto-Vietick-daj—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan l-tjwa →Every word from Chinese 肚 →Every word from Vietnamese đá →