Where does “hàu đá” come from?

hàu đá (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đá, from Chinese 肚, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan l-tjwa — mouth; beak; food; stomach; mouth, beak, food,...

hàu đá (Vietnamese): rock oyster (Saccostrea)

Definitions

  1. rock oyster (Saccostrea)

Ancestry of “hàu đá”, step by step

hàu đá traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđárock, stone; ice as used for consumption or...
2Chinese肚—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanl-tjwamouth; beak; food; stomach; mouth, beak, food,...

via Vietnamese hàu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehàuoyster
2Chinese蠔—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan l-tjwa →Every word from Chinese 肚 →Every word from Vietnamese đá →