Where does “thời bao cấp” come from?
thời bao cấp (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese thối, from Proto-Chamic *ʔadhɛ̃y, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daqih, from Proto-Austronesian daqiS — forehead.
thời bao cấp (Vietnamese): Subsidy Period, part of Vietnamese history when the country was under a planned economy, usually taken as going from 1976 to 1986
Definitions
- Subsidy Period, part of Vietnamese history when the country was under a planned economy, usually taken as going from 1976 to 1986
Ancestry of “thời bao cấp”, step by step
thời bao cấp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese thối
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | thối | rotten; fetid, putrid, stinking, foul-smelling;... |
| 2 | Proto-Chamic | *ʔadhɛ̃y | forehead |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | daqih | forehead |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | daqiS | forehead |
via Vietnamese bao cấp
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | bao cấp | to state-subsidise; to centralise budget subsidies |