Where does “tơ lụa” come from?

tơ lụa (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tổ, from Chinese 似.

tơ lụa (Vietnamese): silk

Definitions

  1. silk

Ancestry of “tơ lụa”, step by step

tơ lụa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tổ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetổa nest; a group or team that is divided from a...
2Chinese似—

via Vietnamese lụa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselụasilk fabric; unripened banana leaf or betel palm...
2Chinese縷—

Words derived from “tơ lụa”

Every word from Chinese 似 →Every word from Vietnamese tổ →