Where does “không chừng” come from?
không chừng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese chúng, from Chinese 症, from Chinese 證.
không chừng (Vietnamese): probably
Ancestry of “không chừng”, step by step
không chừng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese chúng
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | chúng | "pluralizing particle for pronouns"; they; them;... |
| 2 | Chinese | 症 | — |
| 3 | Chinese | 證 | — |
via Vietnamese không
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | không | not; idly, without doing anything; not have; to... |
| 2 | Chinese | 空 | empty, hollow |
| 3 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | (g/k)uŋ | hole; orifice; hole; orifice; inner part |