Where does “nghỉ ngơi” come from?

nghỉ ngơi (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese nghỉ, from Middle Chinese 疑.

nghỉ ngơi (Vietnamese): to rest

Definitions

  1. to rest

Ancestry of “nghỉ ngơi”, step by step

nghỉ ngơi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese nghỉ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenghỉto take a break; to get to temporarily leave...
2Middle Chinese

via Vietnamese ngơi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesengơito rest, to knock off
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