Where does “chững chạc” come from?

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

chững chạc (Vietnamese): decent; proper; stately and dignified

Definitions

  1. decent; proper; stately and dignified

Ancestry of “chững chạc”, step by step

chững chạc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chúng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechúng"pluralizing particle for pronouns"; they; them;...
2Chinese症—
3Chinese證—

via Vietnamese chạc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechạctree fork; tree crotch; rope
2Proto-Vieticɟaːkrope
Every word from Chinese 證 →Every word from Chinese 症 →Every word from Vietnamese chúng →
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