Where does “khách thập phương” come from?
khách thập phương (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese khách, from Proto-Vietic *k-rac, from Old Chinese 鐵.
khách thập phương (Vietnamese): visitors from different places, especially those who travel to a particular location for a common purpose
Definitions
- visitors from different places, especially those who travel to a particular location for a common purpose
Ancestry of “khách thập phương”, step by step
khách thập phương traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese khách
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | khách | visitor, guest; customer; passenger |
| 2 | Proto-Vietic | *k-rac | — |
| 3 | Old Chinese | 鐵 | — |
via Vietnamese thập phương
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | thập phương | all the cardinal and ordinal directions and zenith and nadir |