Where does “ơn trên” come from?

ơn trên (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese ơn, from Middle Chinese 恩.

ơn trên (Vietnamese): God willing

Definitions

  1. God willing

Ancestry of “ơn trên”, step by step

ơn trên traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese ơn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseơnfavor
2Middle Chinese恩—

via Vietnamese trên

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetrênupper; higher, superior; on
2Proto-Vietick-leːɲ—
Every word from Middle Chinese 恩 →Every word from Vietnamese ơn →