Where does “khách hàng” come from?

khách hàng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese khách, from Proto-Vietic *k-rac, from Old Chinese 鐵.

khách hàng (Vietnamese): customer, client, purchaser

Definitions

  1. customer, client, purchaser

Ancestry of “khách hàng”, step by step

khách hàng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese khách

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekháchvisitor, guest; customer; passenger
2Proto-Vietic*k-rac—
3Old Chinese鐵—

via Vietnamese hàng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehànggoods; product; merchandise; freight; cargo;...
2Proto-Vietichaːŋcave
Every word from Old Chinese 鐵 →Every word from Proto-Vietic *k-rac →Every word from Vietnamese khách →