Where does “đầu đinh” come from?

đầu đinh (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đầu, from Middle Chinese 頭.

đầu đinh (Vietnamese): a crew cut

Definitions

  1. a crew cut

Ancestry of “đầu đinh”, step by step

đầu đinh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đầu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđầuhead; tip; end; beginning; commencement; start
2Middle Chinese頭—

via Vietnamese đinh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđinha nail; a share of fees that a male member is...
2Chinese定—
Every word from Middle Chinese 頭 →Every word from Vietnamese đầu →
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