Where does “cuộc sống” come from?
cuộc sống (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cuộc, from Chinese 局, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kəwk — to bend.
cuộc sống (Vietnamese): life
Ancestry of “cuộc sống”, step by step
cuộc sống 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 sống
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | sống | a spine; to live; living |
| 2 | Proto-Vietic | k-roːŋʔ | back of the blade; alive; raw |
| 3 | Proto-Mon-Khmer | ruŋʔ | — |