Where does “vòng ba” come from?

vòng ba (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bà, from Chinese 爸, from Chinese 父, from Komodo paʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat, from Proto-Austronesian Səpat — four.

vòng ba (Vietnamese): the hip measurement

Definitions

  1. the hip measurement

Ancestry of “vòng ba”, step by step

vòng ba traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese bà

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebàa grandmother; an old woman; an old lady; you, my...
2Chinese爸—
3Chinese父—
4Komodopaʔfour
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəpatfour
6Proto-AustronesianSəpatfour

via Vietnamese vòng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevòngcircle; ring; object shaped like a circle, such...
2Proto-Mon-Khmerwiŋ—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Səpat →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat →Every word from Komodo paʔ →