Where does “tráo đổi” come from?

tráo đổi (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese trào, from Middle Chinese 交.

tráo đổi (Vietnamese): to switch; to swap without getting noticed

Definitions

  1. to switch; to swap without getting noticed

Ancestry of “tráo đổi”, step by step

tráo đổi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese trào

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetràoto overflow, to brim over
2Middle Chinese交—

via Vietnamese đổi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđổito change; to exchange; to barter
Every word from Middle Chinese 交 →