Where does “giờ Sửu” come from?

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

giờ Sửu (Vietnamese): a period of time, from 1 AM to 3 AM

Definitions

  1. a period of time, from 1 AM to 3 AM

Ancestry of “giờ Sửu”, step by step

giờ Sửu 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 sửu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesửu—
2Middle Chinese丑—
Every word from Middle Chinese 時 →Every word from Vietnamese giờ →
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