Where does “chênh chếch” come from?

chênh chếch (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese chênh — tilted; slanting.

chênh chếch (Vietnamese): crooked; askew; tilted; slanted; oblique

Definitions

  1. crooked; askew; tilted; slanted; oblique

Ancestry of “chênh chếch”, step by step

chênh chếch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chênh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechênhtilted; slanting

via Vietnamese chếch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechếchcrooked; askew; tilted; slanted; oblique
Every word from Vietnamese chênh