Where does “gợi ý” come from?

gợi ý (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese Ý, from Middle Chinese 意.

gợi ý (Vietnamese): to suggest; to make a suggestion

Definitions

  1. to suggest; to make a suggestion

Ancestry of “gợi ý”, step by step

gợi ý traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese Ý

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseÝItalian
2Middle Chinese意—

via Vietnamese gợi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegợito arouse; to awake
Every word from Middle Chinese 意 →