Where does “hệ tiết niệu” come from?

hệ tiết niệu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese hệ, from Chinese 客 — guest.

hệ tiết niệu (Vietnamese): the urinary system

Definitions

  1. the urinary system

Ancestry of “hệ tiết niệu”, step by step

hệ tiết niệu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese hệ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehệsystem
2Chinese客guest

via Vietnamese tiết niệu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetiết niệuurinary
Every word from Chinese 客 →Every word from Vietnamese hệ →