Where does “tỏi tây” come from?

tỏi tây (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Tây, from Chinese 西, from English West, from Middle English west, from Old English west, from Proto-West Germanic *westr, from Proto-Germanic westrą, from Proto-Germanic westraz.

tỏi tây (Vietnamese): leek

Definitions

  1. leek

Ancestry of “tỏi tây”, step by step

tỏi tây traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Tây

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseTâyAlternative letter-case form of tây
2Chinese西—
3EnglishWestAny of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie
4Middle Englishwestwest; A location to the south; the south; The...
5Old Englishwestwest
6Proto-West Germanic*westrwestern, westernly
7Proto-Germanicwestrąwest; west, westward
8Proto-Germanicwestrazwest, western
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwek(ʷ)sperosevening
10Proto-Indo-Europeanwe-—

via Vietnamese tối

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetốidark; the duration from the late evening to the...
2Vietnamesetíbreast; a little bit; tiny; small
3Middle Chinese子—
4Proto-Sino-Tibetan*tsəʔchild, son, offspring; grandson; relatives; nephew/niece
Every word from Proto-Indo-European we- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wek(ʷ)speros →Every word from Proto-Germanic westraz →