[SeanLuke]

chiap sure? Ke no. In Cantonese, fish is yu. But yeah.

Also: I had thought it was originally Malay.

[arp242]

Malay "ketjap" or "kecap" (different types of soy sauces) comes from Chinese "kê-chiap". It may be directly inspired by Malay languages without knowledge of Chinese and still be "ultimately from Hokkien Chinese".

[samatman]

Hokkien/Min and Cantonese are not mutually intelligible languages.

[SeanLuke]

Of course. We were talking about the coincidence in Cantonese.

[resolutebat]

膎 preserved fish, not 鱼 plain old fish.

[SeanLuke]

Ah! Well it still doesn't help (it's haai in Cantonese). But that's interesting.