Where does “dịch hạch” come from?

dịch hạch (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese dịch, from Middle Chinese 液.

dịch hạch (Vietnamese): plague

Definitions

  1. plague

Ancestry of “dịch hạch”, step by step

dịch hạch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese dịch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesedịchto translate; translation; fluid, liquid
2Middle Chinese液—

via Vietnamese hạch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehạcha stone
Every word from Middle Chinese 液 →Every word from Vietnamese dịch →