Where does “tàu chiến” come from?
tàu chiến (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Tàu, from Vietnamese Ba Tàu, from Vietnamese ba, from Proto-Vietic paː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer piʔ.
tàu chiến (Vietnamese): warship
Definitions
- warship
Ancestry of “tàu chiến”, step by step
tàu chiến traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese Tàu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | Tàu | Chinese; Chink |
| 2 | Vietnamese | Ba Tàu | Of or pertaining to ethnic Chinese people in... |
| 3 | Vietnamese | ba | father; three; secondborn |
| 4 | Proto-Vietic | paː | three |
| 5 | Proto-Mon-Khmer | piʔ | — |
via Vietnamese chiến
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | chiến | a war, fight; to face something head-on; relating... |
| 2 | Chinese | 戰 | — |
| 3 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | *dar ~ d(u/i)r | — |