Where does “tổ” come from?

tổ (Vietnamese) comes from Chinese 似.

tổ (Vietnamese): a nest; a group or team that is divided from a...

Definitions

  1. a nest; a group or team that is divided from a...

Ancestry of “tổ”, step by step

tổ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 似

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1Chinese似—

via Middle Chinese 祖

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1Middle Chinese祖—

via Middle Chinese 詞

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1Middle Chinese詞—

Words derived from “tổ”

Every word from Chinese 似 →