Where does “giờ Thìn” come from?

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

giờ Thìn (Vietnamese): a period of time, from 7 AM to 9 AM

Definitions

  1. a period of time, from 7 AM to 9 AM

Ancestry of “giờ Thìn”, step by step

giờ Thìn 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 Thìn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseThìnDragon
Every word from Middle Chinese 時 →Every word from Vietnamese giờ →