Where does “thế nhưng” come from?

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

thế nhưng (Vietnamese): but then

Definitions

  1. but then

Ancestry of “thế nhưng”, step by step

thế nhưng 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 nhưng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhưngbut; yet
2Proto-Vieticʄuːŋʔto soak, to dip
Every word from Sino-Tibetan *tV-lij →Every word from Chinese 矢 →Every word from Vietnamese thế →