Where does “nhũ đá” come from?

nhũ đá (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đá, from Chinese 肚, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan l-tjwa — mouth; beak; food; stomach; mouth, beak, food,...

nhũ đá (Vietnamese): stalactite

Definitions

  1. stalactite

Ancestry of “nhũ đá”, step by step

nhũ đá traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđárock, stone; ice as used for consumption or...
2Chinese肚—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanl-tjwamouth; beak; food; stomach; mouth, beak, food,...

via Vietnamese thạch nhũ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethạch nhũa stalactite
2Chinese乳—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetans-nəwbreast, nipple; milk

via Welsh nhu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1WelshnhuNasal mutation of tu
2Middle Chinese餌—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan l-tjwa →Every word from Chinese 肚 →Every word from Vietnamese đá →