Where does “râu ria” come from?

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

râu ria (Vietnamese): beard and moustache generally speaking

Definitions

  1. beard and moustache generally speaking

Ancestry of “râu ria”, step by step

râu ria traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese râu

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

via Vietnamese ria

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseriaa mustache
Every word from Old Chinese 鬚 →Every word from Proto-Vietic -soː →Every word from Vietnamese râu →