Where does “quân lính” come from?

quân lính (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese lính, from Chinese 靈.

quân lính (Vietnamese): soldiers; troops generally speaking

Definitions

  1. soldiers; troops generally speaking

Ancestry of “quân lính”, step by step

quân lính traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese lính

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselínha soldier; a subordinate, a low-class personnel
2Chinese靈—

via Vietnamese quân

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesequântroops, army
2Proto-Mon-Khmerwən(ʔ)coiled, to wind, bend; coiled; to wind, bend
Every word from Chinese 靈 →