Where does “gần đây” come from?

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

gần đây (Vietnamese): nearby

Definitions

  1. nearby

Ancestry of “gần đây”, step by step

gần đây 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 đây

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđâythis; here
2Proto-Taiɗɤjᴬgood
Every word from Old Chinese 肝 →Every word from Proto-Vietic t-kaːn →Every word from Vietnamese gần →