Where does “túi tiền” come from?

túi tiền (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese túi, from Proto-Vietic suːlʔ.

túi tiền (Vietnamese): the state of being able to be bought with funds currently at hand; affordability

Definitions

  1. the state of being able to be bought with funds currently at hand; affordability

Ancestry of “túi tiền”, step by step

túi tiền traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese túi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetúibag; pocket; pouch
2Proto-Vieticsuːlʔ—

via Vietnamese tiền

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetiềnmoney; pre-
2Chinese錢—
Every word from Proto-Vietic suːlʔ →