Where does “đen thui” come from?
đen thui (Vietnamese) comes from Middle English thui, from Chinese 焠.
đen thui (Vietnamese): very black in a bad way
Definitions
- very black in a bad way
Ancestry of “đen thui”, step by step
đen thui traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese đen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | đen | of the color black; dark; swarthy; unlucky;... |