Where does “bình dưỡng khí” come from?

bình dưỡng khí (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese dưỡng khí, from Chinese 氧, from Chinese 養 — to nurture.

bình dưỡng khí (Vietnamese): an oxygen cylinder; a scuba

Definitions

  1. an oxygen cylinder; a scuba

Ancestry of “bình dưỡng khí”, step by step

bình dưỡng khí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese dưỡng khí

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesedưỡng khíoxygen
2Chinese氧—
3Chinese養to nurture

via Vietnamese Bình

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseBình—
2Middle Chinese平—
Every word from Chinese 養 →Every word from Chinese 氧 →Every word from Vietnamese dưỡng khí →