Where does “tán gẫu” come from?

tán gẫu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tàn, from Chinese 秦.

tán gẫu (Vietnamese): to chat; to chatter

Definitions

  1. to chat; to chatter

Ancestry of “tán gẫu”, step by step

tán gẫu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tàn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetànashes; remains; residue; to fade; to wither; to...
2Chinese

via Vietnamese gẫu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegẫuaimlessly; leisurely
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