Where does “tức giận” come from?

tức giận (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tức, from Korean 卽, from Middle Chinese 즉.

tức giận (Vietnamese): to be angry; to be furious

Definitions

  1. to be angry; to be furious

Ancestry of “tức giận”, step by step

tức giận traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tức

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetứcfrustrating, upset; that is, i.e
2Korean卽—
3Middle Chinese즉—

via Vietnamese giận

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiậnto be angry; angry
2Proto-Vieticɟənʔto get angry
Every word from Middle Chinese 즉 →Every word from Korean 卽 →Every word from Vietnamese tức →