Where does “thanh huyền” come from?

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

thanh huyền (Vietnamese): the “falling” tone, one of the six tones in the...

Definitions

  1. the “falling” tone, one of the six tones in the...

Ancestry of “thanh huyền”, step by step

thanh huyền traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese thành

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

via Vietnamese huyền

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesehuyềnstring
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sreŋ →Every word from Chinese 青 →Every word from Vietnamese thành →