Where does “hoàng tử” come from?
hoàng tử (Vietnamese) comes from Chinese 子, from Middle Chinese 子, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsəʔ.
hoàng tử (Vietnamese): a prince
Ancestry of “hoàng tử”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Chinese | 子 | — |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 子 | — |
| 3 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | *tsəʔ | — |