Where does “cuộc chiến” come from?
cuộc chiến (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cuộc, from Chinese 局, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kəwk — to bend.
cuộc chiến (Vietnamese): war; fight; battle
Definitions
- war; fight; battle
Ancestry of “cuộc chiến”, step by step
cuộc chiến traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese cuộc
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | cuộc | any large-scale, periodic event, such as a... |
| 2 | Chinese | 局 | — |
| 3 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | *kəwk | to bend |
via Vietnamese chiến
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | chiến | a war, fight; to face something head-on; relating... |
| 2 | Chinese | 戰 | — |
| 3 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | *dar ~ d(u/i)r | — |