Where does “say xỉn” come from?

say xỉn (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese xin, from Chinese 信.

say xỉn (Vietnamese): drunk; inebriated

Definitions

  1. drunk; inebriated

Ancestry of “say xỉn”, step by step

say xỉn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese xin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesexinto ask for; to beg for; to request
2Chinese信—

via Vietnamese sậy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesậyreed
2Proto-Vieticp-riːbe drunk
Every word from Chinese 信 →Every word from Vietnamese xin →