Where does “giờ Dậu” come from?

giờ Dậu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese giờ, from Middle Chinese 時.

giờ Dậu (Vietnamese): a period of time, from 5 PM to 7 PM

Definitions

  1. a period of time, from 5 PM to 7 PM

Ancestry of “giờ Dậu”, step by step

giờ Dậu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese giờ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiờunit for specifying a point in time in terms of...
2Middle Chinese時—

via Vietnamese Dậu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseDậuthe tenth earthly branch represented by the Rooster
Every word from Middle Chinese 時 →Every word from Vietnamese giờ →