Where does “ngủ nướng” come from?

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

ngủ nướng (Vietnamese): to sleep in

Definitions

  1. to sleep in

Ancestry of “ngủ nướng”, step by step

ngủ nướng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese ngủ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengủto sleep
2Chinese
3Chinese
4Chinese

via Vietnamese nướng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenướngto roast or grill (usually meat or fish) directly over fire or charcoal; compare quay and rang
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