Where does “sốt vàng” come from?

sốt vàng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese sốt, from French sauce, from Old French sause, from Vulgar Latin salsa, from Latin salsus, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

sốt vàng (Vietnamese): a gold rush; a period of feverish migration into an area where gold has been discovered

Definitions

  1. a gold rush; a period of feverish migration into an area where gold has been discovered

Ancestry of “sốt vàng”, step by step

sốt vàng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese sốt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesốtsteaming hot; at all; to have a fever; to have a...
2Frenchsaucesauce
3Old Frenchsausesauce (condiment)
4Vulgar Latinsalsanominative feminine singular of salsus;...
5Latinsalsussalty, briny; salted; witty
6Latinsālsalt
7Proto-Italicsālssalt
8Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

via Vietnamese vàng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevàngyellow; gold
2Frenchvinwine
3Middle Frenchvinwine
4Old Frenchvinwine
5Latinvīnumwine
6Proto-Italicwīnomwine
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwóyh₁nomwine; vine, wine
8Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₁y-to twist, wind, weave, plait; to wrap, enclose,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l