Where does “ngủ gục” come from?

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

ngủ gục (Vietnamese): to fall asleep

Definitions

  1. to fall asleep

Ancestry of “ngủ gục”, step by step

ngủ gục traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese ngủ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengủto sleep
2Chinese伍—
3Chinese亻—
4Chinese工—

via Vietnamese gục

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegụcto lower (one's head); to bend down
Every word from Chinese 工 →Every word from Chinese 亻 →Every word from Chinese 伍 →