Where does “thả thính” come from?

thả thính (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese thả, from Chinese 赦.

thả thính (Vietnamese): to drop thính into water as fishing bait; to try...

Definitions

  1. to drop thính into water as fishing bait; to try...

Ancestry of “thả thính”, step by step

thả thính traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese thả

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethảto release; to let go; to set free
2Chinese赦—

via Vietnamese thính

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethínhpowdered grilled rice; roasted bran used as bait...
2Middle Chinese清—
Every word from Chinese 赦 →Every word from Vietnamese thả →