Where does “tàu lửa” come from?

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

tàu lửa (Vietnamese): train

Definitions

  1. train

Ancestry of “tàu lửa”, step by step

tàu lửa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Tàu

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

via Vietnamese lửa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselửafire
2Proto-Vietic-laːsfire
3Proto-Mon-Khmerslaasfire, to burn
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer piʔ →Every word from Proto-Vietic paː →Every word from Vietnamese ba →