Where does “kiếm” come from?
kiếm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tìm, from Chinese 尋.
kiếm (Vietnamese): a sword; to seek, to search, to find
Definitions
- a sword; to seek, to search, to find
Ancestry of “kiếm”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | tìm | to search, to seek, to look for; to find |
| 2 | Chinese | 尋 | — |
Words derived from “kiếm”