Where does “thời giờ” come from?

thời giờ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese thối, from Proto-Chamic *ʔadhɛ̃y, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daqih, from Proto-Austronesian daqiS — forehead.

Ancestry of “thời giờ”, step by step

thời giờ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese thối

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethốirotten; fetid, putrid, stinking, foul-smelling;...
2Proto-Chamic*ʔadhɛ̃yforehead
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandaqihforehead
4Proto-AustronesiandaqiSforehead

via Vietnamese giờ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiờunit for specifying a point in time in terms of...
2Middle Chinese時—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian daqiS →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daqih →Every word from Proto-Chamic *ʔadhɛ̃y →