Where does “già” come from?
già (Middle Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic k-raː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer kraʔ — road, way.
già (Middle Vietnamese): old; overripe, mature
Ancestry of “già”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Vietic | k-raː | — |
| 2 | Proto-Mon-Khmer | kraʔ | road, way |