Where does “tiền bạc” come from?

tiền bạc (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese bạc, from Vietnamese Bác, from Proto-Vietic paːk — uncle.

tiền bạc (Vietnamese): money, riches

Definitions

  1. money, riches

Ancestry of “tiền bạc”, step by step

tiền bạc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese bạc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesebạcsilver; money; made of silver
2VietnameseBácI/me, the old Ho Chi Minh; you, the old Ho Chi...
3Proto-Vieticpaːkuncle

via Vietnamese tiền

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetiềnmoney; pre-
2Chinese錢—
Every word from Proto-Vietic paːk →Every word from Vietnamese Bác →Every word from Vietnamese bạc →