Where does “tiền lương” come from?

tiền lương (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tiền, from Chinese 錢.

tiền lương (Vietnamese): salary; pay

Definitions

  1. salary; pay

Ancestry of “tiền lương”, step by step

tiền lương traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tiền

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetiềnmoney; pre-
2Chinese錢—

via Vietnamese lương

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselươngpay; earnings
2Middle Chinese良—
Every word from Chinese 錢 →