Where does “giày cao gót” come from?

giày cao gót (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cáo, from Chinese 告, from Middle Chinese 校.

giày cao gót (Vietnamese): high-heeled shoes; high heels

Definitions

  1. high-heeled shoes; high heels

Ancestry of “giày cao gót”, step by step

giày cao gót traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cáo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecáoa fox; royal edict-like announcement
2Chinese告—
3Middle Chinese校—

via Vietnamese giày

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiàya non-sock, non-stockings piece of footwear that...
2Middle Chinese鞋—

via Vietnamese gót

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegótheel
2Proto-Vietic-kɔːc—
Every word from Middle Chinese 校 →Every word from Chinese 告 →Every word from Vietnamese cáo →