Where does “nhựa đường” come from?

nhựa đường (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Đường, from Proto-Southwestern Tai daːŋᴬ², from Middle Chinese 唐.

nhựa đường (Vietnamese): asphalt; bitumen

Definitions

  1. asphalt; bitumen

Ancestry of “nhựa đường”, step by step

nhựa đường traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Đường

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseĐườngrelated to Tang
2Proto-Southwestern Taidaːŋᴬ²road; way
3Middle Chinese唐—

via Vietnamese nhựa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhựaresin; gum; sap (of a plant)
Every word from Middle Chinese 唐 →Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai daːŋᴬ² →Every word from Vietnamese Đường →