Where does “thì” come from?

thì (Vietnamese) comes from Chinese 時, from Old Chinese 之.

thì (Vietnamese): Dated form of thời; the prime time in terms of...

Definitions

  1. Dated form of thời; the prime time in terms of...

Ancestry of “thì”, step by step

thì traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 時

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese時—
2Old Chinese之—

via Chinese 試

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese試—

via Chinese 詩

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese詩—

Words derived from “thì”

Every word from Old Chinese 之 →Every word from Chinese 時 →