Where does “gắng gượng” come from?

gắng gượng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese găng, from French gant, from Latin wantus, from Frankish wantu, from Proto-Germanic wantuz, from Proto-Indo-European wondʰnú-, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.

gắng gượng (Vietnamese): to make an effort with reluctance or difficulty

Definitions

  1. to make an effort with reluctance or difficulty

Ancestry of “gắng gượng”, step by step

gắng gượng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese găng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegăngglove; tight; tense; strained; tightly; tensely;...
2Frenchgantglove
3Latinwantusglove
4Frankishwantuglove; mitten; glove
5Proto-Germanicwantuzglove, mitten
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwondʰnú-glove
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn

via Vietnamese gượng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegượngstrained, forced, unnatural
2Middle Chinese強—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →