Where does “gần như” come from?
gần như (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese gần, from Proto-Vietic t-kaːn, from Old Chinese 肝.
gần như (Vietnamese): almost, nearly
Ancestry of “gần như”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | gần | near; nearby; close; nearly; almost |
| 2 | Proto-Vietic | t-kaːn | — |
| 3 | Old Chinese | 肝 | — |