Where does “giờ Mão” come from?

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

giờ Mão (Vietnamese): a period of time, from 5 AM to 7 AM

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “giờ Mão”, step by step

giờ Mão 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 Mão

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseMãothe fourth earthly branch represented by the Cat in Vietnam and by the Rabbit in China
2Middle Chinese卯—
Every word from Middle Chinese 時 →Every word from Vietnamese giờ →