Where does “rau càng cua” come from?

rau càng cua (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cửa, from French cours, from German Kurs, from Italian corso, from Latin cohors, from Latin co-, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

rau càng cua (Vietnamese): pepper elder (Peperomia pellucida)

Definitions

  1. pepper elder (Peperomia pellucida)

Ancestry of “rau càng cua”, step by step

rau càng cua traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cửa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecửaa door or a window
2Frenchcoursstream of water, river; course; teaching, lesson,...
3GermanKurscourse; exchange rate, market price
4Italiancorsocourse; stream, waterway; avenue
5Latincohorsa court; a farmyard or enclosure; a retinue or...
6Latinco-allomorph of con-
7Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
8Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
9Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
10Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
13Middle Englishkyt
14Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
15Old High Germankuti
16Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
17Proto-Germanickweduzresin
18Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
19Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via Vietnamese râu

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

via Vietnamese càng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnamesecàngWith a comparative or verb phrase, establishes a...
2Proto-Vieticgaːŋcrab pincers
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-
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