Where does “giận” come from?

giận (Vietnamese) comes from Proto-Vietic ɟənʔ — to get angry.

giận (Vietnamese): to be angry; angry

Definitions

  1. to be angry; angry

Ancestry of “giận”, step by step

giận traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Vietic ɟənʔ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vieticɟənʔto get angry

via Middle Chinese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese

Words derived from “giận

Every word from Proto-Vietic ɟənʔ