Where does “thủ thành” come from?

thủ thành (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese khung thành, from Vietnamese thành, from Chinese 青, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sreŋ — to live.

thủ thành (Vietnamese): to keep goal; to act as the goalkeeper

Definitions

  1. to keep goal; to act as the goalkeeper

Ancestry of “thủ thành”, step by step

thủ thành traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese khung thành

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekhung thànhgoal structure
2Vietnamesethànhinto; to achieve one's goal, to become, to turn...
3Chinese青—
4Proto-Sino-Tibetan*sreŋto live

via Vietnamese thứ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethứinferior in quality, second, second vice, under;...
2Chinese首neck
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*qV-luʔhead
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sreŋ →Every word from Chinese 青 →Every word from Vietnamese thành →
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