Where does “dầu mè” come from?

dầu mè (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mẹ, from Chinese 迷.

dầu mè (Vietnamese): sesame oil

Definitions

  1. sesame oil

Ancestry of “dầu mè”, step by step

dầu mè traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mẹ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemẹa mother; I/me, your mother; you, my mother
2Chinese迷—

via Vietnamese dầu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesedầuoil; "Dipterocarpus"
2Middle Chinese油—
Every word from Chinese 迷 →Every word from Vietnamese mẹ →