Where does “ăn vụng” come from?

ăn vụng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese ăn, from Chinese 安.

ăn vụng (Vietnamese): to eat on the sly

Definitions

  1. to eat on the sly

Ancestry of “ăn vụng”, step by step

ăn vụng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese ăn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseănto eat; Synonym of uống; to dine; to feast, to...
2Chinese安—

via Vietnamese vụng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevụngawkward; clumsy
Every word from Chinese 安 →Every word from Vietnamese ăn →