Where does “công chuyện” come from?

công chuyện (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese chuyện, from Chinese 傳, from Chinese 傅.

công chuyện (Vietnamese): important business

Definitions

  1. important business

Ancestry of “công chuyện”, step by step

công chuyện traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chuyện

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

via Vietnamese Công

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseCông—
2Proto-Mon-Khmerkoŋto bend; to be bent; be bent
3Proto-Athabaskan*qʊ̓nʼfire
Every word from Chinese 傅 →