Where does “trốn tìm” come from?

trốn tìm (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tìm, from Chinese 尋.

trốn tìm (Vietnamese): hide and seek

Definitions

  1. hide and seek

Ancestry of “trốn tìm”, step by step

trốn tìm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tìm

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

via Vietnamese trốn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetrốnto hide oneself
Every word from Chinese 尋 →Every word from Vietnamese tìm →
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