Where does “giờ phút” come from?

giờ phút (Vietnamese) comes from English phut, from Polish fiut — prick, dick; cock, penis.

giờ phút (Vietnamese): hours and minutes

Definitions

  1. hours and minutes

Ancestry of “giờ phút”, step by step

giờ phút traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English phut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishphutA sound resembling the release of a blast of...
2Polishfiutprick, dick; cock, penis

via Vietnamese giờ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiờunit for specifying a point in time in terms of...
2Middle Chinese時—
Every word from Polish fiut →
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