Where does “nghìn tỉ” come from?

nghìn tỉ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tí, from Middle Chinese 子, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsəʔ — child, son, offspring; grandson; relatives; nephew/niece.

nghìn tỉ (Vietnamese): trillion

Definitions

  1. trillion

Ancestry of “nghìn tỉ”, step by step

nghìn tỉ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tí

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetíbreast; a little bit; tiny; small
2Middle Chinese子—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*tsəʔchild, son, offspring; grandson; relatives; nephew/niece

via Vietnamese nghìn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenghìnthousand
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsəʔ →Every word from Middle Chinese 子 →Every word from Vietnamese tí →