Where does “câu chuyện” come from?

câu chuyện (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cầu, from Proto-Vietic kaw, from Dutch kauwen, from Middle Dutch couwen, from Old Dutch kiuwan, from Proto-West Germanic keuwan, from Proto-Germanic kewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵyewh₁- — to chew.

câu chuyện (Vietnamese): a story; tale

Definitions

  1. a story; tale

Ancestry of “câu chuyện”, step by step

câu chuyện traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cầu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecầua jianzi shuttlecock; a badminton shuttlecock;...
2Proto-Vietickaw—
3Dutchkauwento chew
4Middle Dutchcouwento chew
5Old Dutchkiuwanto chew
6Proto-West Germanickeuwanto chew
7Proto-Germanickewwanąto chew
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵyewh₁-to chew

via Vietnamese chuyện

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechuyệna story, a tale, or an anecdote; matters;...
2Chinese傳—
3Chinese傅—
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