Where does “dưỡng sức” come from?

dưỡng sức (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese sức, from Proto-Vietic k-rək, from Old Chinese 力.

dưỡng sức (Vietnamese): to rest and recuperate (one's health, strength, etc.)

Definitions

  1. to rest and recuperate (one's health, strength, etc.)

Ancestry of “dưỡng sức”, step by step

dưỡng sức traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese sức

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesứcstrength; power
2Proto-Vietick-rəkstrong
3Old Chinese力—

via Vietnamese dưỡng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesedưỡngto nourish; to foster; to raise generally speaking
2Chinese養to nurture
Every word from Old Chinese 力 →Every word from Proto-Vietic k-rək →Every word from Vietnamese sức →