Where does “tranh” come from?

tranh (Vietnamese) comes from Chinese 爭.

tranh (Vietnamese): painting, picture; to compete, to fight for

Definitions

  1. painting, picture; to compete, to fight for

Ancestry of “tranh”, step by step

tranh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 爭

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese爭—

via Proto-Vietic *p-lɛɲ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Vietic*p-lɛɲ—

Words derived from “tranh”

Every word from Chinese 爭 →