Where does “thượng nguồn” come from?

thượng nguồn (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese nguồn, from Chinese 源.

thượng nguồn (Vietnamese): upper reaches

Definitions

  1. upper reaches

Ancestry of “thượng nguồn”, step by step

thượng nguồn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese nguồn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenguồnsource; spring
2Chinese源—

via Vietnamese thượng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethượngupper; higher; top
2Chinese上—
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