Where does “sữa đặc” come from?

sữa đặc (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese sữa, from Proto-Vietic p-rah — milk.

sữa đặc (Vietnamese): condensed milk

Definitions

  1. condensed milk

Ancestry of “sữa đặc”, step by step

sữa đặc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese sữa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesữamilk
2Proto-Vieticp-rahmilk

via Vietnamese đặc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđặcsolid; thick, stiff; condensed
2Proto-Mon-Khmerdakviscous
Every word from Proto-Vietic p-rah →
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