Where does “thế chân” come from?

thế chân (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese thế, from Chinese 矢, from Sino-Tibetan *tV-lij.

thế chân (Vietnamese): to replace, to succeed

Definitions

  1. to replace, to succeed

Ancestry of “thế chân”, step by step

thế chân traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese thế

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethếposition; posture; condition; situation; power;...
2Chinese矢—
3Sino-Tibetan*tV-lij—

via Vietnamese chân

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesechâna foot; a leg; the lowest circumscribing area
Every word from Sino-Tibetan *tV-lij →Every word from Chinese 矢 →Every word from Vietnamese thế →