Where does “ung thư gan” come from?

ung thư gan (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese gần, from Proto-Vietic t-kaːn, from Old Chinese 肝.

ung thư gan (Vietnamese): liver cancer

Definitions

  1. liver cancer

Ancestry of “ung thư gan”, step by step

ung thư gan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese gần

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesegầnnear; nearby; close; nearly; almost
2Proto-Vietict-kaːn—
3Old Chinese肝—

via Vietnamese ung thư

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseung thưcancer
Every word from Old Chinese 肝 →Every word from Proto-Vietic t-kaːn →Every word from Vietnamese gần →
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