Where does “dự thi” come from?

dự thi (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese thì, from Chinese 時, from Old Chinese 之.

dự thi (Vietnamese): to sit for an examination; to take an examination

Definitions

  1. to sit for an examination; to take an examination

Ancestry of “dự thi”, step by step

dự thi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese thì

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnamesethìDated form of thời; the prime time in terms of...
2Chinese時—
3Old Chinese之—

via Vietnamese dù

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesedùumbrella; parachute; even if
2Proto-Vieticjɨh—
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