Where does “nhảy dựng” come from?

nhảy dựng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đứng, from Chinese 容.

nhảy dựng (Vietnamese): to be startled, to start

Definitions

  1. to be startled, to start

Ancestry of “nhảy dựng”, step by step

nhảy dựng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đứng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđứngto stand; be still
2Chinese容—

via Vietnamese nhảy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhảyto jump, to leap, to dive; to hop; to dance
2Proto-Vieticʄas—
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