Where does “cuốn chiếu” come from?

cuốn chiếu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese chiếu, from Chinese 詔.

cuốn chiếu (Vietnamese): to roll one's mat

Definitions

  1. to roll one's mat

Ancestry of “cuốn chiếu”, step by step

cuốn chiếu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chiếu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechiếustrawen mat for sleeping; seat; rank; to shine;...
2Chinese詔—

via Vietnamese cuốn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecuốnto roll

Words derived from “cuốn chiếu”

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