Where does “suốt đời” come from?

suốt đời (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đời, from Middle Chinese 代.

suốt đời (Vietnamese): all one's life

Definitions

  1. all one's life

Ancestry of “suốt đời”, step by step

suốt đời traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đời

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđờilife; world; generation
2Middle Chinese代—

via Vietnamese suốt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesesuốtthroughout, from end to end, entire; bobbin made...
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