Where does “nước Tàu” come from?
nước Tàu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Tàu, from Vietnamese Ba Tàu, from Vietnamese ba, from Proto-Vietic paː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer piʔ.
nước Tàu (Vietnamese): China
Ancestry of “nước Tàu”, step by step
nước Tàu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese Tàu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | Tàu | Chinese; Chink |
| 2 | Vietnamese | Ba Tàu | Of or pertaining to ethnic Chinese people in... |
| 3 | Vietnamese | ba | father; three; secondborn |
| 4 | Proto-Vietic | paː | three |
| 5 | Proto-Mon-Khmer | piʔ | — |
via Vietnamese nước
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | nước | water; liquid; fluid; the liquid part of a broth |
| 2 | Proto-Vietic | ɗaːk | water, liquid |
| 3 | Proto-Mon-Khmer | ɗaak | water; liquid; The sense of "river, stream" that... |