Where does “viêm tai” come from?

viêm tai (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tại, from Chinese 在.

viêm tai (Vietnamese): otitis

Definitions

  1. otitis

Ancestry of “viêm tai”, step by step

viêm tai traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tại

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetạiat; in; on; because of; due to; because
2Chinese在—

via Vietnamese viêm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseviêminflammation
2Middle Chinese炎—
Every word from Chinese 在 →