Where does “ơn xá” come from?

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

ơn xá (Vietnamese): indulgence pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory

Definitions

  1. indulgence pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory

Ancestry of “ơn xá”, step by step

ơn xá traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese ơn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseơnfavor
2Middle Chinese恩—

via Vietnamese xã

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnamesexãBasic rural administrative unit in Vietnam, part...
2Japanese捨—
Every word from Middle Chinese 恩 →Every word from Vietnamese ơn →