Where does “phìa tạo” come from?

phìa tạo (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese táo, from Chinese 造, from Middle Chinese 作, from Middle Chinese 家.

phìa tạo (Vietnamese): Tai ruling elites in some regions of Vietnam

Definitions

  1. Tai ruling elites in some regions of Vietnam

Ancestry of “phìa tạo”, step by step

phìa tạo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese táo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetáoapple
2Chinese
3Middle Chinese
4Middle Chinese

via Vietnamese phìa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnamesephìaTai ruler of a tổng or a mường
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