Where does “râu dê” come from?

râu dê (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese râu, from Proto-Vietic -soː, from Old Chinese 鬚.

râu dê (Vietnamese): beard of a goat

Definitions

  1. beard of a goat

Ancestry of “râu dê”, step by step

râu dê traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese râu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameserâua beard; whiskers; barbels
2Proto-Vietic-soː—
3Old Chinese鬚—

via Vietnamese dê

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesedêgoat; lewd; lascivious; The name of the...
2Proto-Vietic-teːgoat
Every word from Old Chinese 鬚 →Every word from Proto-Vietic -soː →Every word from Vietnamese râu →