Where does “tâm lí” come from?
tâm lí (Vietnamese) comes from Japanese 心理, from Japanese 心, from Old Japanese 心, from Proto-Japonic *kəkərə — heart.
tâm lí (Vietnamese): psychology; mental process
Definitions
- psychology; mental process
Ancestry of “tâm lí”, step by step
tâm lí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 心理
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 心理 | mental state, mentality; psychology |
| 2 | Japanese | 心 | mind, heart, spirit, soul; thoughts, ideas;... |
| 3 | Old Japanese | 心 | heart, mind, spirit; emotion, feeling; heart,... |
| 4 | Proto-Japonic | *kəkərə | heart |
via Chinese 心理
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinese | 心理 | psychology; mentality |