Where does “tốt thông” come from?

tốt thông (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tốt, from Chinese 卒, from Chinese 遭.

tốt thông (Vietnamese): passed pawn

Definitions

  1. passed pawn

Ancestry of “tốt thông”, step by step

tốt thông traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tốt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetốtgood; very dense or long, more so than it should...
2Chinese卒—
3Chinese遭—

via Vietnamese thông

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethôngpine (tree of the genus Pinus)
2Chinese松—
Every word from Chinese 遭 →Every word from Chinese 卒 →Every word from Vietnamese tốt →