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

  1. a sword; to seek, to search, to find

Ancestry of “kiếm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetìmto search, to seek, to look for; to find
2Chinese尋—

Words derived from “kiếm”

Every word from Chinese 尋 →Every word from Vietnamese tìm →