Where does “túng thiếu” come from?

túng thiếu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese từng — once; every; each; quantity; amount.

túng thiếu (Vietnamese): lacking money; broke

Definitions

  1. lacking money; broke

Ancestry of “túng thiếu”, step by step

túng thiếu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese từng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetừngonce; every; each; quantity; amount

via Vietnamese thiếu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethiếuto be short of, to lack
Every word from Vietnamese từng
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