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
- paper documents or paperwork
Ancestry of “giấy tờ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | giấy | paper |
| 2 | Proto-Vietic | k-cajʔ | — |
| 3 | Old Chinese | 紙 | — |