Where does “giấy nhám” come from?

giấy nhám (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese giấy, from Proto-Vietic k-cajʔ, from Old Chinese 紙.

giấy nhám (Vietnamese): sandpaper

Definitions

  1. sandpaper

Ancestry of “giấy nhám”, step by step

giấy nhám traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese giấy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiấypaper
2Proto-Vietick-cajʔpaper
3Old Chinese紙—

via Vietnamese nhám

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhámrough, harsh, fuzzy
2Proto-Vietic-ɲaːmʔ—
Every word from Old Chinese 紙 →Every word from Proto-Vietic k-cajʔ →Every word from Vietnamese giấy →