Where does “trả góp” come from?

trả góp (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese trả, from Chinese 茶, from Proto-Loloish la¹, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-la — leaf; tea; flat object.

trả góp (Vietnamese): to pay in/by installments

Definitions

  1. to pay in/by installments

Ancestry of “trả góp”, step by step

trả góp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese trả

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetrảto return, to give back; to pay
2Chinese茶tea
3Proto-Loloishla¹tea
4Proto-Sino-Tibetans-laleaf; tea; flat object

via Vietnamese góp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegópto contribute; to donate; to join (in)
2Chinese合—
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