Where does “thế nào” come from?

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

thế nào (Vietnamese): how; what; in what manner; in what way

Definitions

  1. how; what; in what manner; in what way

Ancestry of “thế nào”, step by step

thế nào 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 não

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenãobrain, cerebrum
2Chinese腦—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetans-nəw-kbrain
Every word from Sino-Tibetan *tV-lij →