Where does “vải” come from?

vải (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic k-paːs, from Proto-Mon-Khmer kpaas — cotton.

vải (Vietnamese): cloth, fabric; lychee

Definitions

  1. cloth, fabric; lychee

Ancestry of “vải”, step by step

vải traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Vietic k-paːs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vietick-paːs—
2Proto-Mon-Khmerkpaascotton

via Middle Vietnamese ꞗài

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Vietnameseꞗài—

Words derived from “vải”

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer kpaas →Every word from Proto-Vietic k-paːs →