Where does “hiệu sách” come from?

hiệu sách (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Hiệu, from Chinese 號, from Proto-Vietic kaw, from Dutch kauwen, from Middle Dutch couwen, from Old Dutch kiuwan, from Proto-West Germanic keuwan, from Proto-Germanic kewwaną — to chew.

hiệu sách (Vietnamese): bookshop; bookstore

Definitions

  1. bookshop; bookstore

Ancestry of “hiệu sách”, step by step

hiệu sách traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Hiệu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseHiệu—
2Chinese號—
3Proto-Vietickaw—
4Dutchkauwento chew
5Middle Dutchcouwento chew
6Old Dutchkiuwanto chew
7Proto-West Germanickeuwanto chew
8Proto-Germanickewwanąto chew
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵyewh₁-to chew

via Vietnamese sách

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesáchbook
2Chinese冊—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵyewh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kewwaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic keuwan →