Where does “buồn khổ” come from?

buồn khổ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese khó, from Chinese 庫.

buồn khổ (Vietnamese): depressed; grieved

Definitions

  1. depressed; grieved

Ancestry of “buồn khổ”, step by step

buồn khổ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese khó

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekhódifficult; tough; hard to get along with; hard to...
2Chinese庫—

via Vietnamese buồn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebuồnsad; to have a strong need to do something; to...
2Middle Chinese煩—
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