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Where does “giờ Tí” come from?

giờ Tí (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tí, from Middle Chinese 子, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsəʔ.

giờ Tí (Vietnamese): a period of time, from 11 PM to 1 AM

Definitions

  1. a period of time, from 11 PM to 1 AM

Ancestry of “giờ Tí”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetíbreast; a little bit; tiny; small
2Middle Chinese子—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*tsəʔ—
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