Where does “gạo tẻ” come from?

gạo tẻ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese gạo, from Proto-Vietic -kaːwʔ — cotton tree.

gạo tẻ (Vietnamese): non-glutinous rice; plain rice

Definitions

  1. non-glutinous rice; plain rice

Ancestry of “gạo tẻ”, step by step

gạo tẻ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese gạo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegạocotton tree; rice
2Proto-Vietic-kaːwʔcotton tree

via Vietnamese tẻ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetẻnon-glutinous rice
Every word from Proto-Vietic -kaːwʔ →Every word from Vietnamese gạo →