Where does “rao giảng” come from?

rao giảng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese giảng, from French Jean, from English Jean, from English Jeanne, from French Jeanne, from Old French Jehane, from Medieval Latin Johanna, from Latin Joanna — God is gracious.

rao giảng (Vietnamese): to announce everywhere, to deliver sermons

Definitions

  1. to announce everywhere, to deliver sermons

Ancestry of “rao giảng”, step by step

rao giảng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese giảng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiảngto explain; to explicate; to lecture
2FrenchJeanJohn
3EnglishJeanDenim
4EnglishJeanne
5FrenchJeanneJane, feminine of John
6Old FrenchJehane
7Medieval LatinJohanna
8LatinJoanna
9Ancient GreekἸωάννα
10Hebrewיוֹחָנָה
11HebrewיוֹחָנָןGod is gracious
12HebrewיְהוֹחָנָןGod is gracious

via Vietnamese rào

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseràofence; to encircle; small river, creek, stream
2Middle Chinese
Every word from Hebrew יְהוֹחָנָן