Where does “hủ” come from?

hủ (Vietnamese) comes from Middle Chinese 腐 — rotten, fermented.

hủ (Vietnamese): old-fashioned, narrow-minded

Definitions

  1. old-fashioned, narrow-minded

Ancestry of “hủ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chineserotten, fermented
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