Where does “xeo giấy” come from?

xeo giấy (Vietnamese) comes from Galician xeo, from Old Portuguese geo, from Latin gelu, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.

xeo giấy (Vietnamese): to make paper, to fill paper form with pulp

Definitions

  1. to make paper, to fill paper form with pulp

Ancestry of “xeo giấy”, step by step

xeo giấy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Galician xeo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianxeoice
2Old Portuguesegeo—
3Latingelufrost; cold, chill
4Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze

via Vietnamese giấy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiấypaper
2Proto-Vietick-cajʔpaper
3Old Chinese紙—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gel- →Every word from Latin gelu →Every word from Old Portuguese geo →