Where does “canh chừng” come from?

canh chừng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese chúng, from Chinese 症, from Chinese 證.

canh chừng (Vietnamese): to keep watch; to watch over; to guard

Definitions

  1. to keep watch; to watch over; to guard

Ancestry of “canh chừng”, step by step

canh chừng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chúng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechúng"pluralizing particle for pronouns"; they; them;...
2Chinese症—
3Chinese證—

via Vietnamese cảnh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecảnhscenery; view; landscape; scene; state;...
2Proto-Vietic*t-kɛːŋʔ—
3Proto-Turkickaŋfather
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