Where does “tuỷ sống” come from?
tuỷ sống (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tuỳ, from Chinese 髓, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan suj, from Chinese 鎖.
tuỷ sống (Vietnamese): spinal cord
Ancestry of “tuỷ sống”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | tuỳ | according to |
| 2 | Chinese | 髓 | — |
| 3 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | suj | marrow |
| 4 | Chinese | 鎖 | — |