Where does “Kinh Xuân Thu” come from?

Kinh Xuân Thu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese kính, from Chinese 京, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-gaŋ — hill, ridge, mountain.

Kinh Xuân Thu (Vietnamese): the Spring and Autumn Annals

Definitions

  1. the Spring and Autumn Annals

Ancestry of “Kinh Xuân Thu”, step by step

Kinh Xuân Thu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese kính

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekínhglass; eyeglasses; a mirror
2Chinese京—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetans-gaŋhill, ridge, mountain

via Vietnamese xuân thu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesexuân thuthe entire year
2Chinese春—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetand(w)əjegg; testicle
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