Where does “cuộc đời” come from?

cuộc đời (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cuộc, from Chinese 局, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kəwk — to bend.

cuộc đời (Vietnamese): the period during which one lives; one's lifetime

Definitions

  1. the period during which one lives; one's lifetime

Ancestry of “cuộc đời”, step by step

cuộc đời traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cuộc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecuộcany large-scale, periodic event, such as a...
2Chinese局—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*kəwkto bend

via Vietnamese đời

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđờilife; world; generation
2Middle Chinese代—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kəwk →Every word from Chinese 局 →Every word from Vietnamese cuộc →