Where does “tiền âm phủ” come from?

tiền âm phủ (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tiền, from Chinese 錢.

tiền âm phủ (Vietnamese): joss paper

Definitions

  1. joss paper

Ancestry of “tiền âm phủ”, step by step

tiền âm phủ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tiền

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetiềnmoney; pre-
2Chinese

via Vietnamese âm phủ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseâm phủthe world of the dead where King Yama reigns
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