Where does “vú sữa” come from?

vú sữa (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese sữa, from Proto-Vietic p-rah — milk.

vú sữa (Vietnamese): the star apple fruit, "Chrysophyllum cainito"

Definitions

  1. the star apple fruit, "Chrysophyllum cainito"

Ancestry of “vú sữa”, step by step

vú sữa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese sữa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesữamilk
2Proto-Vieticp-rahmilk

via Vietnamese vú

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevúa breast; a body part that functions similarly to...
2Middle Vietnameseꞗú—
Every word from Proto-Vietic p-rah →Every word from Vietnamese sữa →