Where does “thư giãn” come from?

thư giãn (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese thứ, from Chinese 首, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *qV-luʔ — head.

thư giãn (Vietnamese): to relax

Definitions

  1. to relax

Ancestry of “thư giãn”, step by step

thư giãn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese thứ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethứinferior in quality, second, second vice, under;...
2Chinese首neck
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*qV-luʔhead

via Vietnamese giận

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiậnto be angry; angry
2Proto-Vieticɟənʔto get angry
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *qV-luʔ →Every word from Chinese 首 →Every word from Vietnamese thứ →