Where does “hoa giấy” come from?

hoa giấy (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese hoá, from Chinese 和, from Japanese 和, from Middle Chinese 和.

hoa giấy (Vietnamese): bougainvillea

Definitions

  1. bougainvillea

Ancestry of “hoa giấy”, step by step

hoa giấy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese hoá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehoámerchandise, goods; to turn; -ize; -ise
2Chinese和harmonious
3Japanese和peace, harmony, tranquillity, serenity; sum
4Middle Chinese和—

via Vietnamese giấy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiấypaper
2Proto-Vietick-cajʔpaper
3Old Chinese紙—
Every word from Middle Chinese 和 →Every word from Japanese 和 →Every word from Chinese 和 →