Where does “khá khen” come from?

khá khen (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese khá, from Chinese 可.

khá khen (Vietnamese): commendable

Definitions

  1. commendable

Ancestry of “khá khen”, step by step

khá khen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese khá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekhágood; well; quite, rather, fairly
2Chinese可—

via Vietnamese khen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekhento praise, to compliment, to commend
Every word from Chinese 可 →Every word from Vietnamese khá →