Where does “vườn rau” come from?

vườn rau (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese râu, from Proto-Vietic -soː, from Old Chinese 鬚.

vườn rau (Vietnamese): vegetable garden

Definitions

  1. vegetable garden

Ancestry of “vườn rau”, step by step

vườn rau traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese râu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameserâua beard; whiskers; barbels
2Proto-Vietic-soː—
3Old Chinese鬚—

via Vietnamese vườn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevườngarden
2Middle Chinese園—
Every word from Old Chinese 鬚 →Every word from Proto-Vietic -soː →Every word from Vietnamese râu →