Where does “công việc” come from?
công việc (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Công, from Proto-Mon-Khmer koŋ, from Proto-Athabaskan *qʊ̓nʼ — fire.
công việc (Vietnamese): work
Definitions
- work
Ancestry of “công việc”, step by step
công việc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese Công
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | Công | — |
| 2 | Proto-Mon-Khmer | koŋ | to bend; to be bent; be bent |
| 3 | Proto-Athabaskan | *qʊ̓nʼ | fire |
via Vietnamese việc
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | việc | job, work, business; thing, matter, affair |