Where does “kính” come from?

kính (Vietnamese) comes from Chinese 京, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-gaŋ — hill, ridge, mountain.

kính (Vietnamese): glass; eyeglasses; a mirror

Definitions

  1. glass; eyeglasses; a mirror

Ancestry of “kính”, step by step

kính traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 京

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese京—
2Proto-Sino-Tibetans-gaŋhill, ridge, mountain

via Chinese 鏡

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese鏡—

via Middle Chinese 京

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese京capital

Words derived from “kính”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-gaŋ →Every word from Chinese 京 →