Where does “thanh niên” come from?

thanh niên (Vietnamese) comes from Chinese 年, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ni(ŋ~k) — year.

thanh niên (Vietnamese): related to the age from about 15 to 20; like a...

Definitions

  1. related to the age from about 15 to 20; like a...

Ancestry of “thanh niên”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese年year
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*s-ni(ŋ~k)year
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ni(ŋ~k) →Every word from Chinese 年 →