Where does “thêu thùa” come from?

thêu thùa (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese thừa, from Chinese 繡.

thêu thùa (Vietnamese): to embroider generally speaking

Definitions

  1. to embroider generally speaking

Ancestry of “thêu thùa”, step by step

thêu thùa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese thừa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethừaleft over; superfluous; more than necessarily...
2Chinese繡—

via Vietnamese thêu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethêuspade; to embroider
Every word from Chinese 繡 →Every word from Vietnamese thừa →