Where does “da màu” come from?
da màu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đá, from Chinese 肚, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan l-tjwa — mouth; beak; food; stomach; mouth, beak, food,...
da màu (Vietnamese): of color
Ancestry of “da màu”, step by step
da màu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese đá
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | đá | rock, stone; ice as used for consumption or... |
| 2 | Chinese | 肚 | — |
| 3 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | l-tjwa | mouth; beak; food; stomach; mouth, beak, food,... |
via Vietnamese máu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | máu | blood; an inherent trait; health |
| 2 | Proto-Celtic | *māyūs | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₁- | to measure |