Where does “tranh giành” come from?

tranh giành (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tranh, from Chinese 爭.

tranh giành (Vietnamese): to compete for; to fight over

Definitions

  1. to compete for; to fight over

Ancestry of “tranh giành”, step by step

tranh giành traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tranh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetranhpainting, picture; to compete, to fight for
2Chinese

via Vietnamese giành

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegiànhto dispute, to fight
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