Where does “coi chừng” come from?

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

coi chừng (Vietnamese): to watch out; to look out

Definitions

  1. to watch out; to look out

Ancestry of “coi chừng”, step by step

coi chừng 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 cối

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecốia mortar; the container of a rice mill; a rice...
2Proto-Vietict-koːlʔrice mortar
Every word from Chinese 證 →Every word from Chinese 症 →Every word from Vietnamese chúng →
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