Where does “thuở nhỏ” come from?

thuở nhỏ (Vietnamese) comes from Old Dutch thuo, from Proto-Germanic þō, from Proto-Germanic sa, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

thuở nhỏ (Vietnamese): childhood

Definitions

  1. childhood

Ancestry of “thuở nhỏ”, step by step

thuở nhỏ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Dutch thuo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchthuo—
2Proto-Germanicþōthey, those
3Proto-Germanicsathat
4Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

via Vietnamese nhỏ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesenhỏsmall; little; child; girl
2Proto-Vietick-ɲǝːʔto remember
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Germanic sa →Every word from Proto-Germanic þō →
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