Where does “tiểu” come from?

tiểu (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tiểu tiện, from Chinese 小.

tiểu (Vietnamese): small; to urinate; to pee

Definitions

  1. small; to urinate; to pee

Ancestry of “tiểu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetiểu tiệnto urinate
2Chinese

Words derived from “tiểu

Every word from Chinese Every word from Vietnamese tiểu tiện
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