Where does “giới trẻ” come from?

giới trẻ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese giới, from Middle Chinese 界.

giới trẻ (Vietnamese): the youth; young people

Definitions

  1. the youth; young people

Ancestry of “giới trẻ”, step by step

giới trẻ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese giới

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiớia kingdom; a scene
2Middle Chinese界—

via Vietnamese trẻ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetrẻyoung; a child; young children; infants
2Proto-Vietick-lɛː—
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