Where does “Bến Thành” come from?

Bến Thành (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese thành, from Chinese 青, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sreŋ — to live.

Ancestry of “Bến Thành”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethànhinto; to achieve one's goal, to become, to turn...
2Chinese青—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*sreŋto live

Words derived from “Bến Thành”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sreŋ →Every word from Chinese 青 →Every word from Vietnamese thành →
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