Where does “vụ kiện” come from?

vụ kiện (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese vụ, from Chinese 務, from Sino-Tibetan *mow.

vụ kiện (Vietnamese): case (legal proceeding)

Definitions

  1. case (legal proceeding)

Ancestry of “vụ kiện”, step by step

vụ kiện traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese vụ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevụseason; case, affair; specialized department...
2Chinese務—
3Sino-Tibetan*mow—

via Vietnamese kiện

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesekiệnbale; parcel; package; to sue; to bring legal...
2Chinese件—
Every word from Sino-Tibetan *mow →