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Where does “thuật giả kim” come from?

thuật giả kim (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese kìm, from Chinese 金, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan gǝ̆m — metal.

thuật giả kim (Vietnamese): alchemy

Definitions

  1. alchemy

Ancestry of “thuật giả kim”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekìmpincers, clamp
2Chinese金gold; "orig." gold, golden
3Proto-Sino-Tibetangǝ̆mmetal
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