Where does “giấy thông hành” come from?

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

giấy thông hành (Vietnamese): passport, laissez-passer

Definitions

  1. passport, laissez-passer

Ancestry of “giấy thông hành”, step by step

giấy thông hành traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese giấy

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

via Vietnamese thông hành

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethông hànhto be permitted to pass
Every word from Old Chinese 紙 →Every word from Proto-Vietic k-cajʔ →Every word from Vietnamese giấy →