Where does “ngủ quên” come from?

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

ngủ quên (Vietnamese): to fall asleep; to oversleep

Definitions

  1. to fall asleep; to oversleep

Ancestry of “ngủ quên”, step by step

ngủ quên traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese ngủ

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

via Vietnamese quen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesequenfamiliar
2Chinese慣—
Every word from Chinese 工 →Every word from Chinese 亻 →Every word from Chinese 伍 →