Where does “tim đen” come from?

tim đen (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tìm, from Chinese 尋.

tim đen (Vietnamese): one's true thoughts

Definitions

  1. one's true thoughts

Ancestry of “tim đen”, step by step

tim đen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tìm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetìmto search, to seek, to look for; to find
2Chinese

via Vietnamese đen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđenof the color black; dark; swarthy; unlucky;...
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