Where does “sữa chua” come from?

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

sữa chua (Vietnamese): yoghurt, yogurt

Definitions

  1. yoghurt, yogurt

Ancestry of “sữa chua”, step by step

sữa chua traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese sữa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesữamilk
2Proto-Vieticp-rahmilk

via Vietnamese chúa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechúathe retired father of a monarch of feudal...
2Middle Chinese字letter, symbol, character; character
Every word from Proto-Vietic p-rah →Every word from Vietnamese sữa →
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