Where does “ngủ” come from?

ngủ (Vietnamese) comes from Chinese 伍, from Chinese 亻, from Chinese 工.

ngủ (Vietnamese): to sleep

Definitions

  1. to sleep

Ancestry of “ngủ”, step by step

ngủ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 伍

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese伍—
2Chinese亻—
3Chinese工—

via Chinese 禦

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese禦—

Words derived from “ngủ”

Every word from Chinese 工 →Every word from Chinese 亻 →Every word from Chinese 伍 →