Where does “dầu mỡ” come from?

dầu mỡ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mở, from Thai หมอ, from Proto-Southwestern Tai ʰmɔːᴬ, from Proto-Tai ʰmoːᴬ, from Old Chinese 巫.

dầu mỡ (Vietnamese): lubricants and oils used to lubricate machines generally speaking

Definitions

  1. lubricants and oils used to lubricate machines generally speaking

Ancestry of “dầu mỡ”, step by step

dầu mỡ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mở

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemởto open, be open; to unfold, expand, open up; to...
2Thaiหมอexpert; wizard; fortuneteller; clairvoyant;...
3Proto-Southwestern Taiʰmɔːᴬshaman
4Proto-Taiʰmoːᴬshaman
5Old Chinese巫—

via Vietnamese dầu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesedầuoil; "Dipterocarpus"
2Middle Chinese油—
Every word from Old Chinese 巫 →Every word from Proto-Tai ʰmoːᴬ →Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai ʰmɔːᴬ →