Where does “túi mật” come from?

túi mật (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese mật, from Middle Chinese 密.

túi mật (Vietnamese): gall bladder

Definitions

  1. gall bladder

Ancestry of “túi mật”, step by step

túi mật traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese mật

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesemậthoney; concentrated sugarcane juice; molasses;...
2Middle Chinese密—

via Vietnamese túi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetúibag; pocket; pouch
2Proto-Vieticsuːlʔ—

Words derived from “túi mật”

Every word from Middle Chinese 密 →Every word from Vietnamese mật →