Where does “dầu gan cá” come from?

dầu gan cá (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cá, from French quart, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.

dầu gan cá (Vietnamese): cod liver oil

Definitions

  1. cod liver oil

Ancestry of “dầu gan cá”, step by step

dầu gan cá traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesefish; to bet
2Frenchquartfourth; quarter; shift
3Latinquārtusfourth
4Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

via Vietnamese gần

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegầnnear; nearby; close; nearly; almost
2Proto-Vietict-kaːn
3Old Chinese

via Vietnamese dầu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesedầuoil; "Dipterocarpus"
2Middle Chinese
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóresEvery word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos