Where does “mùi tàu” come from?

mùi tàu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Tàu, from Vietnamese Ba Tàu, from Vietnamese ba, from Proto-Vietic paː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer piʔ.

mùi tàu (Vietnamese): culantro; chadon beni (Eryngium foetidum)

Definitions

  1. culantro; chadon beni (Eryngium foetidum)

Ancestry of “mùi tàu”, step by step

mùi tàu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Tàu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseTàuChinese; Chink
2VietnameseBa TàuOf or pertaining to ethnic Chinese people in...
3Vietnamesebafather; three; secondborn
4Proto-Vieticpaːthree
5Proto-Mon-Khmerpiʔ—

via Vietnamese mũi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemũinose; tip; cape
2Proto-Vieticmuːsnose
3Proto-Mon-Khmermuhnose
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer piʔ →