Where does “buồm ưng” come from?

buồm ưng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese ưng, from Chinese 應.

buồm ưng (Vietnamese): mizzensail

Definitions

  1. mizzensail

Ancestry of “buồm ưng”, step by step

buồm ưng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese ưng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseưnghawk; to like and accept
2Chinese應—

via Vietnamese buồm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebuồmsail
Every word from Chinese 應 →Every word from Vietnamese ưng →