Where does “táo tàu” come from?

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

táo tàu (Vietnamese): Chinese jujube (Ziziphus jujuba)

Definitions

  1. Chinese jujube (Ziziphus jujuba)

Ancestry of “táo tàu”, step by step

táo tàu 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 táo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetáoapple
2Chinese造—
3Middle Chinese作—
4Middle Chinese家—
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer piʔ →Every word from Proto-Vietic paː →Every word from Vietnamese ba →