Where does “hầu gái” come from?

hầu gái (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese gái, from Proto-Vietic t-keː — thorn.

hầu gái (Vietnamese): maid

Definitions

  1. maid

Ancestry of “hầu gái”, step by step

hầu gái traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese gái

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegáigirls and women; whores; female
2Proto-Vietict-keːthorn

via Vietnamese hầu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehầumonkey; marquis; nearly; almost
2Middle Chinese喉—
Every word from Proto-Vietic t-keː →Every word from Vietnamese gái →