Where does “vôi hoá” come from?

vôi hoá (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese hoá, from Chinese 和, from Japanese 和, from Middle Chinese 和.

vôi hoá (Vietnamese): to calcify

Definitions

  1. to calcify

Ancestry of “vôi hoá”, step by step

vôi hoá traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese hoá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehoámerchandise, goods; to turn; -ize; -ise
2Chinese和harmonious
3Japanese和peace, harmony, tranquillity, serenity; sum
4Middle Chinese和—

via Vietnamese vôi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevôilime
2Proto-Vietick-puːrlime
3Proto-Mon-Khmerknpurlime
Every word from Middle Chinese 和 →Every word from Japanese 和 →Every word from Chinese 和 →