Where does “hồ Hoàn Kiếm” come from?
hồ Hoàn Kiếm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese kiếm, from Vietnamese tìm, from Chinese 尋.
hồ Hoàn Kiếm (Vietnamese): Hoàn Kiếm Lake in Hanoi, Vietnam
Definitions
- Hoàn Kiếm Lake in Hanoi, Vietnam
Ancestry of “hồ Hoàn Kiếm”, step by step
hồ Hoàn Kiếm traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese kiếm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | kiếm | a sword; to seek, to search, to find |
| 2 | Vietnamese | tìm | to search, to seek, to look for; to find |
| 3 | Chinese | 尋 | — |
via Vietnamese hồ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | hồ | lake; glue |
| 2 | Chinese | 戶 | — |
| 3 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | m/s-k(w)a-j | mouth; opening; mouth; opening; spread; door;... |
via Vietnamese hoàn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | hoàn | to return, to give back, to restore; complete |