Where does “thuốc lào” come from?

thuốc lào (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese thuốc, from Chinese 毒, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan duk ~ tuk — poison; poisonous, toxic; to poison.

thuốc lào (Vietnamese): wild tobacco, makhorka

Definitions

  1. wild tobacco, makhorka

Ancestry of “thuốc lào”, step by step

thuốc lào traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese thuốc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethuốcmedicine; medicament; drug; Short for thuốc lá;...
2Chinese毒—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanduk ~ tukpoison; poisonous, toxic; to poison

via Vietnamese Lào

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseLàoLaotian; Lao
2Laoລາວhe, she, him, her
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan duk ~ tuk →Every word from Chinese 毒 →Every word from Vietnamese thuốc →