Where does “bước đường” come from?

bước đường (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Đường, from Proto-Southwestern Tai daːŋᴬ², from Middle Chinese 唐.

bước đường (Vietnamese): stage; circumstance; situation

Definitions

  1. stage; circumstance; situation

Ancestry of “bước đường”, step by step

bước đường traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Đường

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseĐườngrelated to Tang
2Proto-Southwestern Taidaːŋᴬ²road; way
3Middle Chinese唐—

via Vietnamese bước

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebướcstep, pace; situation, juncture; to step
Every word from Middle Chinese 唐 →Every word from Proto-Southwestern Tai daːŋᴬ² →Every word from Vietnamese Đường →