Where does “đầu đuôi” come from?

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

đầu đuôi (Vietnamese): all the details of a story or incidence

Definitions

  1. all the details of a story or incidence

Ancestry of “đầu đuôi”, step by step

đầu đuôi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đầu

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

via Vietnamese đuôi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđuôitail; extension; stern
2Proto-Vietictɔːjtail
Every word from Middle Chinese 頭 →Every word from Vietnamese đầu →
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