Where does “nhỏ xíu” come from?

nhỏ xíu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese xíu, from Cantonese 小 — little.

nhỏ xíu (Vietnamese): very small, diminutive, tiny

Definitions

  1. very small, diminutive, tiny

Ancestry of “nhỏ xíu”, step by step

nhỏ xíu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese xíu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesexíutiny
2Cantonese小little

via Vietnamese nhỏ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhỏsmall; little; child; girl
2Proto-Vietick-ɲǝːʔto remember
Every word from Cantonese 小 →Every word from Vietnamese xíu →