Where does “nhạc sến” come from?

nhạc sến (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese sên, from French chaîne, from Middle French chaisne, from Old French chaene, from Latin catēna, from Proto-Indo-European kat- — cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...

nhạc sến (Vietnamese): “cheesy music” a category of Vietnamese music

Definitions

  1. “cheesy music” a category of Vietnamese music

Ancestry of “nhạc sến”, step by step

nhạc sến traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese sên

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesênslug; chain
2Frenchchaînechain; channel; warp
3Middle Frenchchaisnechain
4Old Frenchchaenechain
5Latincatēnachain
6Proto-Indo-Europeankat-cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...

via Vietnamese nhạc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhạcmusic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kat- →Every word from Latin catēna →Every word from Old French chaene →