Where does “xích đu” come from?

xích đu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese dù, from Proto-Vietic jɨh.

xích đu (Vietnamese): a swing hung by chains

Definitions

  1. a swing hung by chains

Ancestry of “xích đu”, step by step

xích đu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese dù

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesedùumbrella; parachute; even if
2Proto-Vieticjɨh—

via Vietnamese xích

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesexíchchain
Every word from Proto-Vietic jɨh →Every word from Vietnamese dù →