Where does “gieo sạ” come from?

gieo sạ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese sa, from Chinese 紗.

gieo sạ (Vietnamese): to sow germinated rice seeds

Definitions

  1. to sow germinated rice seeds

Ancestry of “gieo sạ”, step by step

gieo sạ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese sa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesato fall (especially from the sky); to drop down; to prolapse
2Chinese紗—

via Vietnamese gieo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegieoto sow (seed)
Every word from Chinese 紗 →