Where does “tàu” come from?

tàu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Tàu, from Vietnamese Ba Tàu, from Vietnamese ba, from Proto-Vietic paː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer piʔ.

tàu (Vietnamese): Short for tàu thuỷ; Short for tàu hoả;...

Definitions

  1. Short for tàu thuỷ; Short for tàu hoả;...

Ancestry of “tàu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseTàuChinese; Chink
2VietnameseBa TàuOf or pertaining to ethnic Chinese people in...
3Vietnamesebafather; three; secondborn
4Proto-Vieticpaːthree
5Proto-Mon-Khmerpiʔ—

Words derived from “tàu”

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer piʔ →Every word from Proto-Vietic paː →Every word from Vietnamese ba →