Where does “biết ơn” come from?

biết ơn (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese ơn, from Middle Chinese 恩.

biết ơn (Vietnamese): to be grateful

Definitions

  1. to be grateful

Ancestry of “biết ơn”, step by step

biết ơn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese ơn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseơnfavor
2Middle Chinese恩—

via Vietnamese biết

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebiếtto know; to be aware of; to learn about; to...
Every word from Middle Chinese 恩 →Every word from Vietnamese ơn →