Where does “nghèo khó” come from?

nghèo khó (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese khó, from Chinese 庫.

nghèo khó (Vietnamese): needy; indigent

Definitions

  1. needy; indigent

Ancestry of “nghèo khó”, step by step

nghèo khó traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese khó

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekhódifficult; tough; hard to get along with; hard to...
2Chinese庫—

via Vietnamese nghèo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenghèopoor
Every word from Chinese 庫 →Every word from Vietnamese khó →