Where does “giấy tờ” come from?

giấy tờ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese giấy, from Proto-Vietic k-cajʔ, from Old Chinese 紙.

giấy tờ (Vietnamese): paper documents or paperwork

Definitions

  1. paper documents or paperwork

Ancestry of “giấy tờ”, step by step

giấy tờ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese giấy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiấypaper
2Proto-Vietick-cajʔpaper
3Old Chinese紙—

via Vietnamese tổ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetổa nest; a group or team that is divided from a...
2Chinese似—
Every word from Old Chinese 紙 →Every word from Proto-Vietic k-cajʔ →Every word from Vietnamese giấy →