Where does “chúng” come from?

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

chúng (Vietnamese): "pluralizing particle for pronouns"; they; them;...

Definitions

  1. "pluralizing particle for pronouns"; they; them;...

Ancestry of “chúng”, step by step

chúng traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 症

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese症—
2Chinese證—

via Chinese 程

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese程—
2Chinese曾—

via Middle Chinese 張

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese張—

Words derived from “chúng”

Every word from Chinese 證 →Every word from Chinese 症 →