Where does “không-thời gian” come from?

không-thời gian (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese thời gian, from Japanese 時間, from Middle Chinese じかん.

không-thời gian (Vietnamese): spacetime

Definitions

  1. spacetime

Ancestry of “không-thời gian”, step by step

không-thời gian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese thời gian

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethời giantime
2Japanese時間time; hour; the hours or time when something...
3Middle Chineseじかん—

via Vietnamese không gian

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekhông gianspace; air space
Every word from Middle Chinese じかん →