Where does “tim đen” come from?
tim đen (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tìm, from Chinese 尋.
tim đen (Vietnamese): one's true thoughts
Definitions
- one's true thoughts
Ancestry of “tim đen”, step by step
tim đen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vietnamese tìm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | tìm | to search, to seek, to look for; to find |
| 2 | Chinese | 尋 | — |
via Vietnamese đen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | đen | of the color black; dark; swarthy; unlucky;... |