Where does “viêm gan” come from?

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

viêm gan (Vietnamese): hepatitis

Definitions

  1. hepatitis

Ancestry of “viêm gan”, step by step

viêm 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 viêm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseviêminflammation
2Middle Chinese炎—
Every word from Old Chinese 肝 →