Where does “nói chuyện” come from?

nói chuyện (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese chuyện, from Chinese 傳, from Chinese 傅.

nói chuyện (Vietnamese): to talk, to speak

Definitions

  1. to talk, to speak

Ancestry of “nói chuyện”, step by step

nói chuyện traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese chuyện

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechuyệna story, a tale, or an anecdote; matters;...
2Chinese傳—
3Chinese傅—

via Vietnamese nói

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenóito speak, to talk, to say, to tell
2Chinese內—
Every word from Chinese 傅 →