Where does “dễ gần” come from?

dễ gần (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese gần, from Proto-Vietic t-kaːn, from Old Chinese 肝.

dễ gần (Vietnamese): congenial, sociable, easy to befriend

Definitions

  1. congenial, sociable, easy to befriend

Ancestry of “dễ gần”, step by step

dễ gần traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese gần

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegầnnear; nearby; close; nearly; almost
2Proto-Vietict-kaːn—
3Old Chinese肝—

via Vietnamese dễ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesedễeasy; simple
Every word from Old Chinese 肝 →Every word from Proto-Vietic t-kaːn →Every word from Vietnamese gần →