Where does “Tuần Thánh” come from?

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

Tuần Thánh (Vietnamese): Holy Week

Definitions

  1. Holy Week

Ancestry of “Tuần Thánh”, step by step

Tuần Thánh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese thành

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

via Vietnamese tuần

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetuầna week; Clipping of đi tuần; Clipping of tuần tra
2Chinese巡—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sreŋ →Every word from Chinese 青 →Every word from Vietnamese thành →
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