Where does “thô kệch” come from?

thô kệch (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese thô, from Chinese 粗.

thô kệch (Vietnamese): unpolished; uncouth; rude; illbred; unmannerly; churlish; boorish

Definitions

  1. unpolished; uncouth; rude; illbred; unmannerly; churlish; boorish

Ancestry of “thô kệch”, step by step

thô kệch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese thô

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethôcoarse, husky; crude
2Chinese粗—

via Vietnamese kệch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekệchcoarse
Every word from Chinese 粗 →Every word from Vietnamese thô →
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