Where does “dây cương” come from?

dây cương (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cương, from Middle Chinese 剛.

dây cương (Vietnamese): rein

Definitions

  1. rein

Ancestry of “dây cương”, step by step

dây cương traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cương

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecươngerect
2Middle Chinese剛—

via Vietnamese dây

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesedâyrope; cord; wire; string
Every word from Middle Chinese 剛 →
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