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

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

via Chinese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese

via Middle Chinese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinesecapital

Words derived from “kính

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-gaŋ
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