Where does “đội tuyển” come from?
đội tuyển (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đội, from Chinese 隊.
đội tuyển (Vietnamese): representative team (of a country in a competition, etc.)
Definitions
- representative team (of a country in a competition, etc.)
Ancestry of “đội tuyển”, step by step
đội tuyển traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese đội
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | đội | team; to carry on one's head; to wear, to put on |
| 2 | Chinese | 隊 | — |
via Vietnamese tuyển
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | tuyển | to choose, to select |