Where does “cuối tuần” come from?
cuối tuần (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tuần, from Chinese 巡.
cuối tuần (Vietnamese): weekend
Definitions
- weekend
Ancestry of “cuối tuần”, step by step
cuối tuần traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese tuần
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | tuần | a week; Clipping of đi tuần; Clipping of tuần tra |
| 2 | Chinese | 巡 | — |
via Vietnamese cuối
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | cuối | end, terminal part; bottom, lowest part; final,... |
| 2 | Proto-Vietic | gɔːjʔ ~ kɔːjʔ | end, extremity |