Where does “Tết Nguyên Đán” come from?
Tết Nguyên Đán (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese nguyên đán — new year.
Tết Nguyên Đán (Vietnamese): Tet festival; Vietnamese New Year’s festival
Definitions
- Tet festival; Vietnamese New Year’s festival
Ancestry of “Tết Nguyên Đán”, step by step
Tết Nguyên Đán traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese nguyên đán
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | nguyên đán | new year |
via Vietnamese tết
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | tết | to plait; to twist; Alternative letter-case form... |