Where does “chẳng hạn” come from?

chẳng hạn (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese hạn, from Chinese 恨.

chẳng hạn (Vietnamese): for example, for instance

Definitions

  1. for example, for instance

Ancestry of “chẳng hạn”, step by step

chẳng hạn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese hạn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehạndrought; dryness; misfortune; bad luck; unlucky
2Chinese恨—

via Vietnamese chẳng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechẳngnot at all; even if not; if not
Every word from Chinese 恨 →Every word from Vietnamese hạn →