Where does “hư hỏng” come from?

hư hỏng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese hồng, from Proto-Vietic -hɔːŋʔ.

hư hỏng (Vietnamese): broken; damaged generally speaking

Definitions

  1. broken; damaged generally speaking

Ancestry of “hư hỏng”, step by step

hư hỏng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese hồng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehồngpink; red; persimmon
2Proto-Vietic-hɔːŋʔ—

via Vietnamese hư

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehưcorrupt, decayed, rotten, spoiled
2Middle Chinese虛—
Every word from Proto-Vietic -hɔːŋʔ →Every word from Vietnamese hồng →