Where does “chẳng thể” come from?

chẳng thể (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese thế, from Chinese 矢, from Sino-Tibetan *tV-lij.

chẳng thể (Vietnamese): can not (ever)

Definitions

  1. can not (ever)

Ancestry of “chẳng thể”, step by step

chẳng thể traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese thế

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethếposition; posture; condition; situation; power;...
2Chinese矢—
3Sino-Tibetan*tV-lij—

via Vietnamese chẳng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechẳngnot at all; even if not; if not
Every word from Sino-Tibetan *tV-lij →Every word from Chinese 矢 →Every word from Vietnamese thế →