Where does “vắt sữa” come from?

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

vắt sữa (Vietnamese): to milk

Definitions

  1. to milk

Ancestry of “vắt sữa”, step by step

vắt sữa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese sữa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesữamilk
2Proto-Vieticp-rahmilk

via Vietnamese vắt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevắtto rest something on something; to wring; to...
2Proto-Vietic-pat—
Every word from Proto-Vietic p-rah →