Where does “ngọn ngành” come from?

ngọn ngành (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese ngành, from Chinese 梗.

ngọn ngành (Vietnamese): detail, origin

Definitions

  1. detail, origin

Ancestry of “ngọn ngành”, step by step

ngọn ngành traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese ngành

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengànhan industry; a postsecondary major; a phylum
2Chinese梗—

via Vietnamese ngón

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengóna digit
2Proto-Vieticŋɔːnʔtip; end
Every word from Chinese 梗 →Every word from Vietnamese ngành →