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
- a period of time, from 11 PM to 1 AM
Ancestry of “giờ Tí”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Vietnamese | tí | breast; a little bit; tiny; small |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 子 | — |
| 3 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | *tsəʔ | — |