Where does “tiến tới” come from?

tiến tới (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tối, from Vietnamese tí, from Middle Chinese 子, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsəʔ — child, son, offspring; grandson; relatives; nephew/niece.

tiến tới (Vietnamese): to advance forward; to go forward, to progress

Definitions

  1. to advance forward; to go forward, to progress

Ancestry of “tiến tới”, step by step

tiến tới traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tối

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetốidark; the duration from the late evening to the...
2Vietnamesetíbreast; a little bit; tiny; small
3Middle Chinese子—
4Proto-Sino-Tibetan*tsəʔchild, son, offspring; grandson; relatives; nephew/niece

via Vietnamese Tiến

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseTiến—
2Chinese進promotion
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tsəʔ →Every word from Middle Chinese 子 →Every word from Vietnamese tí →