Where does “chật hẹp” come from?
chật hẹp (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese hẹp, from Middle Chinese 狹.
chật hẹp (Vietnamese): narrow; tight; compact
Definitions
- narrow; tight; compact
Ancestry of “chật hẹp”, step by step
chật hẹp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese hẹp
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | hẹp | narrow or tight; compare chật |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 狹 | — |
via Vietnamese chật
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | chật | having little space, or spanning a small amount of space; cramped, tight, narrow, claustrophobic, etc |