Where does “hiệu thuốc” come from?

hiệu thuốc (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 thuốc (Vietnamese): pharmacy; chemist

Definitions

  1. pharmacy; chemist

Ancestry of “hiệu thuốc”, step by step

hiệu thuốc 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 thuốc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethuốcmedicine; medicament; drug; Short for thuốc lá;...
2Chinese毒—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanduk ~ tukpoison; poisonous, toxic; to poison
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵyewh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kewwaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic keuwan →