Where does “tuy thế” come from?

tuy thế (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese tuỳ, from Chinese 髓, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan suj, from Chinese 鎖.

tuy thế (Vietnamese): however; nevertheless

Definitions

  1. however; nevertheless

Ancestry of “tuy thế”, step by step

tuy thế traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tuỳ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetuỳaccording to
2Chinese髓—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetansujmarrow
4Chinese鎖—

via Vietnamese thế

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesethếposition; posture; condition; situation; power;...
2Chinese矢—
3Sino-Tibetan*tV-lij—
Every word from Chinese 鎖 →Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan suj →Every word from Chinese 髓 →
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