Where does “dầu gội đầu” come from?

dầu gội đầu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đầu, from Middle Chinese 頭.

dầu gội đầu (Vietnamese): shampoo

Definitions

  1. shampoo

Ancestry of “dầu gội đầu”, step by step

dầu gội đầu traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đầu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđầuhead; tip; end; beginning; commencement; start
2Middle Chinese頭—

via Vietnamese dầu

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

via Vietnamese gội

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegộito wash the headhair
2Proto-Vieticc-goːlʔ—
Every word from Middle Chinese 頭 →Every word from Vietnamese đầu →
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